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In this July 10, 2015 file photo, an honor guard from the South Carolina Highway patrol removes the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds in Columbia, S.C., ending its 54-year presence there. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) **FILE**

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FILE- This May 2, 2012, photo, shows a model of the CSS Planter at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., as an exhibit entitled &quot;The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls.&quot; On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 researchers announced they think they have found the wreck of the Planter on the South Carolina coast. The vessel was a Confederate ship that the slave Robert Smalls commandeered in May of 1862 and turned over to the Union navy. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file)

Noted Civil War ship believed found off SC coast

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Wreck of ship commandeered by slave thought found

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