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Photographer: The Hilton Head Island Historical Society
Taken: `
Caption: "Robbers Row" Ironclad "Atlanta" Port Royal Interpretive Marker
Additional Description: The Confederate ironclad, "Atlanta", seen here after her capture by Union forces, represented the last effort by the Confedercy to break the blockade of the Port of Savannah. Upon her surrender, two Federal vessels escorted her to Hilton Head where the survivors of her 165 man crew were put in the prisoners-of-war stockade, or if wounded, were taken ashore to the 200 bed general hospital.
Submitted: August 30, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75652
File Size: 0.538 Megabytes

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