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165867
Hunley - Newser
Charleston, SC
vo/sot
7/20/1999
14:21
1:10
Charleston, SC Randy Burbage, Confederate Heritage Trust
HORACE L. HUNLEY TOMBSTONE, MAN GIVING A NEWS CONFERENCE, CU OF THE MAP OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG, MAN SOT.
A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS, PRESENT ARTIFACTS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG FOR THE H.L. HUNLEY
LEAD: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.. THAT'S THE WORD FRM ARCHAEOLOGISTS WHO'VE COMPLETED THEIR DIG FOR HUNLEY CREW MEMBERS UNDER THE CITADEL'S JOHNSON HAGOOD STADIUM. ARCHAEOLOGISTS SAY THEY REMOVED 26 SETS OF REMAINS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. AND THEY BELIEVE FOUR OF THE REMAINS BELONG TO HUNLEY CREW MEMBERS. THE LATEST HUNLEY BODIES WILL BE RE-BURIED AT AN AREA CEMETERY ALONGSIDE OTHER HUNLEY CREW MEMBERS. (SOT-FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO IN, IT'S BEEN LIKE THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM FOR US. WE KNOW THE MEN WERE THERE AND WE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE IN A BETTER PLACE, A PLACE WE COULD HONOR THEM) THE BURIAL SERVICE FOR THE HUNLEY CREW MEMBERS WILL TAKE PLACE SOMETIME NEXT SPRING AND THE OTHER FALLEN SOLDIERS' REMAINS WILL BE BURIED IN NOVEMBER. THE HUNLEY, THE FIRST SUBMARINE IN HISTORY TO SINK AN ENEMY WARSHIP, SANK AT ITS MOORINGS IN 1863. RAISING OF THE SHIP IS TENTATIVELY SET FOR JANUARY OF 2001.. THOUGH IF A PRESERVATION FACILITY AT THE OLD CHARLESTON NAVY BASE IS READY IN TIME.. IT COULD BE RAISED AS SOON AS NEXT SPRING. ATLANTIC
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