River Dried Up After 60 Years, Then Workers See What’s Underneath

A massive treasure

What the bunker held in full was staggering. Over four hundred individual items from the Civil War period. Documents, weapons, personal effects, medical equipment, maps still in their leather bindings.

And in a sealed inner chamber the thieves had not yet reached, regimental flags in near-perfect condition. The sealed air had held them intact for a hundred and sixty years.