Steven D. Smith
Division of Archaeology
George J. Castille III
Coastal Environments, Inc.
I trust some future historian will treat this matter as it deserves to
be treated, because it is a subject in which the whole country should
feel an interest, and the noble men who succeeded so admirably in this
arduous task should not lose one atom of credit so justly due them.
—Rear Admiral David D. Porter
May 16, 1864
Letter to Hon. Gideon Welles