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St. Andrew’s Bay Salt Works Raid19Apr2011Port Columbus crew members and staff joined the USS Pawnee Marine Guard, the CSS Tallahassee Marines and others at St. Andrew’s Bay in Panama City, Florida this weekend for a recreation of a Union salt works raid. During the Civil War, salt works all over the Gulf coast produced salt badly needed by the Confederacy. [...] Tags: boat, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Georgia, Living History, Marines, Naval History, navy, Port Columbus, reenactment
Next Event: Water Witch Combat Tours19Apr2011Port Columbus will be holding the annual Cool History: Combat Tours of the USS Water Witch on June 3-4, 2011. Held the past two years the weekend of Thanksgiving, the event will take place in the evening, on the anniversary (and day after) the capture of the ship actually occurred. On June 3, 1864, a [...]
150th Symposium well received07Apr2011Nearly 40 visitors attended the kickoff Civil War Sesquicentennial symposium held at Port Columbus Wednesday evening. A special tour, a museum theater presentation and a scholarly discussion of naval issues impacting the Chattahoochee Valley were all a part of the event. This will be followed up by subsequent symposia for the next three days at [...] Tags: Chattahoochee, Civil War, navy, Sesquicentennial, symposium
150th Symposium Kick-Off04Apr2011The National Civil War Naval Museum is hosting the kick-off and first evening of the Chattahoochee Valley Civil War Symposium. Hosted by Port Columbus, the Columbus Museum, Columbus State University and the National Infantry Museum, this event is part of the Chattahoochee Valley Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s efforts to recognize the 150th anniversary of the [...]
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About Port Columbus -- The Civil War Naval Museum:
Located in historic Columbus, Georgia on the Chattahoochee Intra-Coastal Waterway, Port Columbus is the only museum in the world dedicated to telling the complete Naval story of the American Civil War. From the ironclads to steam and sailing ships to the first successful submarines, Port Columbus has gone to great extent to raise, recover and preserve the military and technological advances of the American Civil War Navies. Welcome aboard, everyone is welcome. |
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