article_snippet: Though the CSS Georgia never fired a shot during the Civil War, leg irons were likely used to keep deserts locked aboard .
article_snippet: the CSS Georgia has sat at the bottom of the water along the CSS Georgia namesake state's coast since the CSS Georgia was deliberately sunk by the CSS Georgia crew in 1864 to prevent the CSS Georgia from being taken by the approaching United States army of Major General William Sherman.
article_snippet: There is only one photo thought to show the CSS Georgia during the CSS Georgia time being used by Confederate troops .
article_snippet: Iron eyes for tackle (above) assisted the CSS Georgia's crew in moving their guns into firing positions aimed along the Savannah River .
article_snippet: Due to limited resources during the Civil War, the builders of the CSS
article_snippet: CSS is the abbreviation used for Confederate States Ship, as opposed to USS for United States Ship.
article_snippet: the CSS Georgia is technically owned by the US Navy, which classifies it as a 'captured enemy vessel,' according to the Army.
highlights_snippet: Confederacy's CSS Georgia was scuttled off the Savannah coast in 1864 .
  