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Civil War fort at Jamestown is dug up to get at 1607 site

Posted on May 8, 2012 by civilwarweek

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal By W. Barksdale Maynard This article appeared in the May 7, 2012 issue of the Washington Post. Since the sensational 1994 discovery of James Fort, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, excavations have … Continue reading →

Posted in 1862, Architecture, Battlefield Preservation | Tagged 1607, Bly Straube, Captain John Smith, Civil War Trust, Colin Campbell, Colonial Williamsburg, CSS Virginia, earthwork, Elizabethan, Fort Pocahontas, fortifications, Hampton Roads, James Fort, James Lighthizer, James River, Jamestown, Jamestown Archaearium, Jamestown Island, Jamestown Rediscovery, John Rolfe, National Park Service, Pocahontas, Preservation Virginia, Richmond, Shakespear, USS Monitor, Virginia, W. Barksdale Maynard | Leave a comment

Jamestown dig probes historic church and Civil War earthwork

Posted on June 13, 2011 by civilwarweek

By Mark St. John Erickson, [email protected] | 247-4783 JAMES CITY —— When archaeologist William Kelso began digging at Jamestown in 1994, few historians gave him much chance of finding the long-lost English fort of 1607. Most believed the pioneering outpost had disappeared into the James … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged archaeology, Civil War, earthwork, English, fort, Holy Grail, James River, Jamestown, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, Virginia, William Kelso, William Strachey | Leave a comment

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