Experts Find Shipwreck Evidence in River

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer, General Science / Archaeology & Fossils

(AP) -- Captured by Confederate sailors in a bloody midnight sneak attack in 1864, the gunboat Water Witch became one of the few Civil War ships to sail under the flags of both the Confederate and Union navies. Archaeologists say they found strong evidence Thursday they've located the Water Witch's wreckage buried under more than 10 feet of mud in the Vernon River south of Savannah.

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