18 October 2009

Lecture: Confederate Mars Bluff Naval Shipyard Oct 20th

The Archaeology Society of SC/Hilton Head Chapter is pleased to announce their Oct. 20th guest speaker, Chris Amer, the Deputy State Archaeologist for Underwater and Associate Director for Maritime Research at SCIAA. Amer's discussion will cover the campaign to locate the Confederate Mars Bluff Naval Shipyard on the Pee Dee River and the gunboat CSS Pee Dee which was constructed, burned and scuttled there late in the Civil War.

All meetings are held at Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island at 7 pm. The public is always invited and welcome to attend these interesting lectures at no charge.

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