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Archaeologists uncover artifacts from Camp Lawton POW camp
Archaeologists at Georgia Southern University display finds from the Civil War Camp Lawton near Magnolia Springs State Park. Items include a Union 3rd Corps ring, a Michigan token, a Massachusetts buckle, and a daguerreotype frame, revealing life of captured soldiers and their journeys. The site, used briefly in 1864, yielded personal keepsakes as evidence of the prisoners’ daily life. The museum plans October additions, including a prisoner letter dated November 14, 1864.
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Savannah
Camp Lawton
William T. Sherman
Georgia
Statesboro
Georgia Southern University
Gettysburg
Manassas
Michigan
David Cross
Historic Preservation Division
Lawton
Augusta
Andersonville
Sherman
Atlanta
Magnolia Springs State Park
Georgia Southern Archaeology
Kevin Chapman
State Department of Natural Resources
Chapman
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
3Rd Corps
Niles
Mich
G.A. Colbey and Co
Nanawanuck Manufacturing Company
Massachusetts
Georgia Southern University Museum