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289: 219:) on August 31, 1864. She "went on with such force as to make immense openings in her bottom," and she sank in a "few minutes, most of the officers and men saving only what they stood in." The steamer's passengers and crew escaped with the exception of a boy, Richard Jackson, who was left on the wreck and later taken off by the Federals. 322:
It was not until 1967, with the help of commercial fisherman Wally Shaffer and George Campsen Esq., that Spence formed Shipwrecks Inc. and actually began salvage operations on these wrecks. Shipwrecks Inc. was subsequently awarded the first salvage license issued under the state of South Carolina's
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The site contains two distinct types of ships, both constructed of iron, but one built with extra reinforcing and relatively deep draft for operation as a privateer on the high seas and the other of extremely light weight and shallow draft that was perfectly suited for the purpose of running the
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The vessel was registered as owned by Henry Lafone. Her company owner was the Importing and Exporting Company of Georgia (which was sometimes called the Lamar Company). The Federals misidentified the blockade runner in their initial reports calling her the
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Despite the site's obvious importance and even though a state salvage license had been granted and tens of thousands of artifacts were recovered from the
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as a potential threat to United States shipping, and archaeologically due to the nature of the site. It is also important in a literary sense because the
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of approximately 680 tons (also shown as 750 tons burden and 220 tons register). She measured 226'x25'x10'6" and was built by Simons and Company of
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This wreck site is extremely important both historically and archaeology. Historically because of the emphasis both sides (the
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wreck site, no state official actually dove on the site to inspect it and/or verify the discovery for over 40 years.
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shipwreck salvage law, which had been drafted by Spence and Campsen and passed by the South Carolina legislature.
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had made two previous successful attempts through the blockade, on one of which, she was chased by the
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On October 6, 1864, the wreck was subsequently run into by the blockade running, sidewheel steamer
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Treasures of the Confederate Coast: The "Real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
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and had been forced to throw overboard sixty bales of cotton to escape.
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in fourteen feet of water a mile off of Long Island (the present day
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Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War
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The wreck was discovered by pioneer underwater archaeologist
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with an assorted cargo, struck the submerged wreck of the
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The Conference on Historic Site Archeology Papers 1969
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at latitude 32°46'47" North, longitude 79°45'35" West
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Bowers of Columbus, GA 634: 620: 612: 312:just forward of the first wreck's boiler. 644:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1864 600:Charleston's Maritime Heritage 1670–1865 549:(Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995, 462:Charleston's Maritime Heritage 1670–1865 369:) is a screw steamer and the other (the 392: 1916:Archaeological sites in South Carolina 17: 304:The remains of the sidewheel steamer 7: 1896:Shipwrecks of the American Civil War 300:wreck site, 1968 photo by Lee Spence 74:wrecked by accident, never captured 14: 1921:Charleston County, South Carolina 1911:Maritime incidents in August 1864 1906:Shipwrecks of the Carolina coast 1891:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean 1931:Ships built on the River Clyde 1: 217:Isle of Palms, South Carolina 347:and her cargo were owned by 226:was a large, shallow draft, 1901:Disasters in South Carolina 1947: 590:, (1971), Volume 4, part 1 451:, (1971), Volume 4, part 1 206:Charleston, South Carolina 1824: 112: 24: 20: 272:, which was bound from 129:750 (220 tons register) 113:General characteristics 349:George Alfred Trenholm 301: 58:22,682 pounds sterling 1867:32.77972°N 79.75972°W 291: 606:The Blockade Runners 43:Simons and Company, 1872:32.77972; -79.75972 1863: /  365:blockade. 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Index

Renfrew
Scotland
Georgiana
Shipwreck
E. Lee Spence
blockade runner
Bermuda
Charleston, South Carolina
SS Georgiana
Isle of Palms, South Carolina
sidewheel
steamer
Renfrew
Scotland
Columbus, Georgia
blockade
Halifax
Nova Scotia

E. Lee Spence
Confederates
Federals
George Alfred Trenholm
real Rhett Butler
Gone With The Wind
"Quarterly Reporter, SCIAA, June 2010, Volume 1, Issue 2, page 7"
the original
"Discovery of the Georgiana"
the original
Dr. E. Lee Spence

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