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Matthew unearths Civil War cannonballs at South Caronlina beach

Posted at 4:31 PM, Oct 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-09 19:31:20-04
A bomb squad is at a South Carolina beach after Hurricane Matthew apparently unearthed old Civil War cannonballs from the sand.
   
Charleston County Sheriff's spokesman Maj. Eric Watson said in a news release that the cannonballs were found on Folly Beach Sunday afternoon, but bomb squad members couldn't get to it immediately because of the rising tide.
   
Once the ocean level goes down, Watson says technicians will make it safe. He warned residents might hear a small boom.
   
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter in 1861.