A spectacular recovery! "The Planter" a Confederate steam-powered warship liberated by Robert Smalls, a Charleston, SC slave, and the all black crew, in early morning while its white officers were sleeping ashore, which pilot Smalls sailed past 4 forts, including Sumter and Wagner, and delivered to the surprised Union fleet, under white flag in May 1862, with Smalls' and its crew members slave families aboard, has been found in Charleston Harbor where it sunk after the Civil War. Great recovery!
Friday, April 25, 2014
"THE PLANTER" RECOVERED!
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2014/04/17/clues-found-civil-war-ship-commandeered-slave-sc-coast/7815581/
A spectacular recovery! "The Planter" a Confederate steam-powered warship liberated by Robert Smalls, a Charleston, SC slave, and the all black crew, in early morning while its white officers were sleeping ashore, which pilot Smalls sailed past 4 forts, including Sumter and Wagner, and delivered to the surprised Union fleet, under white flag in May 1862, with Smalls' and its crew members slave families aboard, has been found in Charleston Harbor where it sunk after the Civil War. Great recovery!
A spectacular recovery! "The Planter" a Confederate steam-powered warship liberated by Robert Smalls, a Charleston, SC slave, and the all black crew, in early morning while its white officers were sleeping ashore, which pilot Smalls sailed past 4 forts, including Sumter and Wagner, and delivered to the surprised Union fleet, under white flag in May 1862, with Smalls' and its crew members slave families aboard, has been found in Charleston Harbor where it sunk after the Civil War. Great recovery!