"The Best Ever Occupied...": Archaeological Investigations of a Civil War Encampment on Folly Island, South Carolina

• Main Authors: Legg, James B., Smith, Steven D.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: African American; Euroamerican; Civil War; Union; 19th Century; Data Recovery / Excavation; Cemetery; Ceramic; Glass; Human Remains; Metal; Textile; Site Plan; GLASS ARTIFACT ANALYSIS; METAL ARTIFACT ANALYSIS; Glass Bottle; Bullet; MILITARY CAMP; STONEWARE BOTTLE; RAVENEL, EISERHARDT SECURITIES; Ceramic Analysis; mortuary practices; Button; Folly Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8M907VQ_meta$v=1431727842981

In May of 1987, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology was informed that human remains were being unearthed by road construction in a private residential development on Folly Island, South Carolina. This information led to a two year investigation of the 1863 winter camp of the...