Public Archaeological Forum Set for Feb. 6 at Fort Anderson, N.C. Civil War Site

Jan. 18, 2012 - PRLog -- WINNABOW, N.C. – Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site will present the Civil War archaeological program ""Look to the Earth:  An Archaeological Forum" on Feb. 6 from 7-9 p.m.

The forum will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, Southport. Featured speakers for the free program are Assistant State Archaeologist John Mintz; Deputy State Archaeologist Mark Wilde-Ramsing, who is the Queen Anne’s Revenge project director; archaeologist Thomas Beaman; UNC-Wilmington historian Chris Fonvielle; and engineer Paul Shivers.

Archaeological studies have been done at the state historic site, where a Civil War fort was built on the remains of a coastal Colonial village. Civil War artifacts including buckles, buttons and minie balls have been found there.  New discoveries will be shared at the forum.

Fort Anderson was part of the Cape Fear River Defense System during the Civil War, and it provided protection to Wilmington.  After the fall of Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson was lost to Union forces.  

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