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Divers Begin Recovery of Historic Ship from Savannah River

So how cool is this? The Army Corps of Engineers is going to remove a ship from the bottom of the Savannah River. But it's a ship that sunk during the Civil War.

It was the Confederate ship, "Georgia", built in 1862, and was supposed to be an ironclad warship for fighting off the American navy. But it couldn't move very fast, so the Confederates docked it, and used it's firepower to protect Savannah.

Two years later they sunk it, on purpose, rather than give it up to the union army when Savannah was taken and it has sat there ever since. Years later, the ship is getting new life because the Savannah River needs to be made deeper, and the ship needs to be removed.

Historians can't wait to see what secrets she reveals.

stephanie.jarvis@ideastream.org | 216-916-6340