N.C. Maritime Museum
. . . ECU and the Civil War in North Carolina,
an Underwater View

Sunday, February 21

Larry Babits, Director of the Maritime Studies Program at ECU, presents "ECU and the Civil War in North Carolina, an Underwater View." Larry will conduct an examination of ECU and its research of the underwater battles of the Civil War in North Carolina. He will discuss the findings by ECU students who located the last known Union gunboat, the Otsego. These students honed their archaeological skills in visibility of three to four inches on a good day and often in near blackness. The Otsego was sent to wrest control of the Roanoke River from the Confederacy, but hit a cluster of mines in the river in December, 1864. Join us for this unique view of the Civil War This presentation is hosted by the Friends of the Museum. No charge for FOM members, non-members $5. 2 PM. (Sunday, February 21, 2010, 2 PM)

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