Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1839. He gained notoriety during the Civil War after posing as a confederate soldier to commandeer the Confederate ship CSS Planter.

Park staffers consulted the Maryland Historic Trust and determined it is most likely a piece of deck timber from a ship, believed to be from the mid-to-late 1800s. Staffers tagged the piece of ...

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (AP) — Severe beach erosion from two late-season hurricanes has helped uncover what appears to be a wooden ship dating from the 1800s which had been buried under the ...

Tourists in South Carolina made a gruesome discovery while exploring an island off the state's coast last week, officials said. The tourists were in Jeremy Cay, a beachfront part of Edisto Island ...

In the late 1800s, the U.S. Lifesaving Service set up stations to patrol the North Carolina coast. But early on, Pea Island had a “grossly negligent” crew that failed to help a ship ...

The gold-filled ship started sinking off the North Carolina coast during a hurricane. Screengrab from Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Facebook A ship carrying more than $1.5 million in gold ...

In the 19th century, however, things weren't quite so simple, mainly because there were't any decent roads into Carolina Beach. Even in the late 1800s ... from a steam ship captained by John ...

A ship carrying more than $1.5 million in gold sank off the North Carolina coast 167 years ago. The SS Central America also had 500 people on board when it went down Sept. 12, 1857. Despite the ...