NEWSTALK 860 » Battle for Galveston http://ksfa860.com Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Scientists Explore Civil War Wreck off Galveston http://ksfa860.com/scientists-explore-civil-war-wreck-off-galveston/ http://ksfa860.com/scientists-explore-civil-war-wreck-off-galveston/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:06:11 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=89958 The Houston Chronicle reports the Union Navy's USS Hatteras was sent to the bottom on January 11, 1863, about 20 miles from Galveston. The Hatteras went down while the rest of the Union fleet bombarded the Confederate Garrison on Galveston Island.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/scientists-explore-civil-war-wreck-off-galveston/feed/ 0 source: U.S. Navy Historical Center