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Quest On For Submerged Civil War Artifacts

Scientists Scan Charleston Harbor Looking For Ships, Fortifications And Torpedoes.

A University of South Carolina archaeologist is scanning the bottom of Charleston Harbor for Civil War artifacts, using a twin-outboard motor boat and a clutch of scientific equipment.

James Spirek of the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology has been on the water this week putting together the first comprehensive historical scan of the harbor bottom.

Friday, on a cold, gray, windy morning, the search was focused on Confederate frame torpedoes. They were essentially mines anchored to the bottom with wooden frames guarding to inland waterways from Yankee ships.

Read entire article at CBS News