{"id":1458952,"date":"2022-04-30T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458952"},"modified":"2022-04-30T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T14:14:40","slug":"cannons-found-in-georgia-river-believed-to-be-from-british-ships-during-the-american-revolutionary-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cannons-found-in-georgia-river-believed-to-be-from-british-ships-during-the-american-revolutionary-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannons Found In Georgia River Believed To Be From British Ships During The American Revolutionary War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcannons-found-in-georgia-river-believed-to-be-from-british-ships-during-the-american-revolutionary-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458952&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Cannon.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Nearly 20 cannons found in a Georgia river are believed by archeologists to be from British ships from the time of the American War of Independence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During an excavation job, workers uncovered 19 cannons that researchers believe to have been sitting at the bottom of the Savannah River, in Savannah, Georgia, for roughly 240 years. Experts believe that the cannons ended up on the river bottom after the ships were scuttled by the British around 1779.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe mud- and rust-encrusted guns were discovered by accident. A dredge scooping sediment from the riverbed last year as part of a $973 million deepening of Savannah\u2019s busy shipping channel surfaced with one the cannons clasped in its metal jaws. The crew soon dug up two more,\u201d the Associated Press <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/science-savannah-us-navy-e64a3849bbba152fd2d3549ad401d18b\"><span>reported.<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Historians note that before the siege of Savannah in 1779, it is likely that the British scuttled the ships with the cannons onboard around the time of the battle, which would last from September 16 to October 18 1779.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After closer examination of the cannons, historians ruled out that they were Confederate, which was the initial assumption, and then determined that they likely dated back to the Revolutionary War.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019re in remarkably good shape,\u201d Army Corps of Engineers archeologist Andrea Farmer said. \u201cMany were buried in clay and covered by silt and debris that kind of protected them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Each of the cannons has been moved to a warehouse by the river over the past year, as archeologists work with officials from Georgia, the U.S. government, and Britain to create a display, with the Savannah History Museum being the likely final destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Logistics are complicated by the question of who actually owns the cannons, whether it be the U.S. or Britain, which is still in contention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEverybody wants to keep the artifacts in Savannah,\u201d Farmer explained, \u201cbecause that makes the most sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Farmer noted that, while researchers are confident that the cannons come from the war of independence, they still need official verification. Part of the verification includes examining other artifacts found in the river, including shards of a ship\u2019s bell and anchor, to make the final determination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Historians say several of the cannons were likely made in France and ended up on two British ships, the HMS Venus and the HMS Savannah. They also explained why the British might scuttle their own ships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To prevent French ships from gaining access to the Savannah in 1779, the British scuttled several of their own ships to block up the river. \u201cThe land battle that followed was one of the bloodiest of the war. British forces killed nearly 300 colonial fighters and their allies, while wounding hundreds more,\u201d the Associated Press explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The cannons are not the first artifacts from American history to be found in the Savannah River. Back in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/07\/21\/us\/savannah-georgia-civil-war-ironclad\/index.html\"><span>2015<\/span><\/a><span>, a Confederate ironclad ship, the CSS Georgia was pulled out of the water by Navy divers. Prior to its removal, the Confederate ship had been underwater for 150 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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