Abstract In October of 1778 the British lead [sic] an amphibious attack in south New Jersey in the villages of Little Egg Harbor and Chestnut Neck. During this incident, between ten and thirty vessels were scuttled, burned, and sank in the Mullica River. This thesis aims to prove that the submerged hull referred to as the Phoel Wreck was involved in the Battle of Chestnut Neck and should therefore be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In...

Abstract The Revolutionary War is a rich part of American History, with countless historical documents telling stories of the people who liberated the Colonies from British rule. The colonial artifacts left behind also have stories of their own to tell, yet the challenges in learning about those stories are the methods used to glean information and what amount of information is there from the past to understand the stories. In the case of the Site III wreck remains that still lie on a shifting...