Lost Civil War Prison
Special | 55m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Can Time Team America find the original site of Camp Lawton in just three days?
Camp Lawton, near Millen, Georgia, housed 10,000 Union prisoners at the end of the Civil War. When General Sherman’s forces approached, prisoners and guards fled quickly, leaving the remains of the camp—and even its exact location—lost to history. Can Time Team America find the original site in just three days?
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Funded by the National Science Foundation
Lost Civil War Prison
Special | 55m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Camp Lawton, near Millen, Georgia, housed 10,000 Union prisoners at the end of the Civil War. When General Sherman’s forces approached, prisoners and guards fled quickly, leaving the remains of the camp—and even its exact location—lost to history. Can Time Team America find the original site in just three days?
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