Building on these previous investigations, the Savannah District contracted with Gulf South
Research Corporation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana to conduct additional investigation of the wreck site in 2003. The focus of the 2003 research was to determine the effect of past, present, and future activities associated with the existing navigation project on the remains of CSS Georgia. Perhaps the most critical issue was assessing the potential effect of future channel deepening on the surviving remains of CSS Georgia. The 2003 investigation was conducted under Contract No. DACW21-98-D-0019 and Delivery Order No. 0059. Panamerican Consultants, Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee (Panamerican) and Tidewater Atlantic Research, Inc. of Washington, North Carolina (Tidewater) were jointly subcontracted to perform the research and on-site investigations. Conducted under Department of the Navy Archaeological Research Permit No. PCI-2003-002, and a Scope of Work entitled In Situ Archaeological Evaluation of CSS Georgia, Savannah Harbor, Georgia (SOW, see Appendix A), the objectives of the current project were to.
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