Photograph by Jesse Cancelmo
A fishing net, likely only decades old, drapes over machinery that once connected the Hatteras' pistons to its paddle wheels, said Delgado.
From archived documents, the NOAA archaeologist learned that Blake, the ship's commander, surrendered as his ship was sinking. "It was listing to port, [or the left]," Delgado said. The Alabama took the wounded and the rest of the crew and put them in irons.
The officers were allowed to keep their swords and wander the deck as long as they promised not to lead an uprising against the Alabama's crew, he added.
From there, the Alabama dropped off their captives in Jamaica, leaving them to make their own way back to the U.S.
Delgado wants to dig even further into the crew of the Hatteras. He'd like see if members of the public recognize any of the names on his list of crew members and can give him background on the men.
"That's why I do archaeology," he said.
(Read about other Civil War battlefields in National Geographic magazine.)
Published January 11, 2013
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