Nearly 300 artifacts have been found in early archaeological investigations . The site is located on the banks of a river that flows through what was once an important trade route between China and India. Using modern technology along with shovels , prisoner drawings and topographic maps , Chapman pinpointed the prisoner site and found a U.S. cent of a type that was last manufactured in 1858 , six years before Camp Lawton opened . Some of the items are on display at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro .
Nearly 300 artifacts have been found in early archaeological investigations . The site is located on the banks of a river that flows through what was once an important trade route between China and India. Some of the items are on display at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro .