On their hands and knees, digging in the dirt with a metal trowel, youngsters revealed fragments of a soldier's past. Johnson's Island, which housed Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, has been the site of an archeological excavation conducted by Heidelberg College professor David Bush. He has been investigating the site for the past 12 years. Bush has invited area school children to learn more of the Civil War era by participating in the digs for the past three years.
Schools come from the Toledo area, North Baltimore, and some Seneca County schools.
They did some different lab exercises, they washed and sorted materials. The students then did drawings of what they felt the whole article would look like. It helps them look at the article's value in interpreting history,'' Bush added. Another trip to the college was used to go over a map exercise with the youngsters to orient them to the island, and the areas they will be digging. The students from Tiffin arrived by bus to the island.