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Water Witch Work21Jul2010The USS Water Witch recreation will be temporarily closed for additional work, including the construction of the dock and “water” surrounding the ship, signage and finish work on deck. We apologize for any inconvenience resulting from the temporary closure, but look forward to the improvements! Tags: columbus, Columbus Georgia, Museum, Water Witch
Port Columbus Receives National Award22Jun2010The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has chosen Port Columbus as a recipient for a Leadership in History Award of Merit for the USS Water Witch Project. According to AASLH, the Leadership in History awards are given: “…to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation and interpretation of state [...] Tags: award, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, history, Museum, navy, Water Witch
Dahlgren Howitzer lands at Port Columbus17Jun2010An original Dahlgren rifled boat howitzer arrived at Port Columbus on Wednesday, June 16, thanks to a cooperative venture involving the US Army and Navy historical branches. Curators from both branches worked to make the transfer of this howitzer from the US Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to the US Navy History and Heritage [...] Tags: 1863, 1864, cannon, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Dahlgren, Howitzer, Museum, navy, Water Witch
MCSD Teachers Have a Blast at Port Columbus!02Jun2010Muscogee County School District teachers fired the museum’s original Civil War cannon during a Professional Learning Class today at Port Columbus. The teachers seemed to enjoy the experience immensely, and followed the gun captain’s orders quite well! Tags: cannon, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Education, history, Museum, navy
PortColumbus.org Website Redesign Launch26May2010If you are a return visitor, you will notice our recent face-lift. Port Columbus is in the process of rolling our a redesign, starting with this, the main page. Please pardon our virtual dust as we continue to work on the site, rolling out new pages over the coming weeks. A big thanks goes to [...] Tags: Civil War, Columbus Georgia, Museum, new website
Memorial Day at Port Columbus25May2010This Monday, Port Columbus will host a Memorial Day commemoration in honor of the Sailors and Marines who gave their lives during the Civil War, as well as all other veterans. At 1:00 p.m., we will hold a brief memorial followed by a cannon salute. This is a FREE event. Please come join us to [...] Tags: cannon, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, history, Memorial, navy
Sea Ghosts this Thursday25May2010May Ghost Tour coming at Port Columbus on Thursday. There are still slots available for Thursday’s monthly ghost tour at the naval museum. These popular tours always include recordings made in recent paranormal investigations at the museum, played in the locations where they were made making a unique and fresh tour. For more info, please [...] Tags: Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, ghost tours, paranormal
Battle of Columbus book to premier at museum18Feb2010Join Charles Misulia at Port Columbus for the debut of the new book, “Columbus GA 1865: The Last True Battle of the Civil War” on Friday evening, March 12. This is a free event, open to the public. This incredibly deeply researched book tells the story of James H. Wilson’s cavalry campaign through Alabama and [...] Tags: Civil War, Columbus Georgia, history, navy
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About Port Columbus -- The Civil War Naval Museum:
Located in historic Columbus, Georgia on the Chattahoochee Intra-Coastal Waterway, Port Columbus is the only museum in the world dedicated to telling the complete Naval story of the American Civil War. From the ironclads to steam and sailing ships to the first successful submarines, Port Columbus has gone to great extent to raise, recover and preserve the military and technological advances of the American Civil War Navies. Welcome aboard, everyone is welcome. |
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