Archaeologist to search for Civil War clues in battlefield

LAWRENCE - Nearly 150 years after the Battle of Black Jack, the entire story about what happened in southern Douglas County between pro- and anti-slavery forces may still be untold.

That could change next month after a prominent battlefield archaeologist leads a team of sleuths armed with sophisticated metal detectors and connected to global positioning satellites scours fields, woods and ravines three miles east of Baldwin.

Called an archaeological survey, the searchers will use a procedure similar to detectives investigating a crime scene.

"We're looking for physical evidence," said Douglas D. Scott, adjunct anthropology professor at the University of Nebraska. "We call them artifacts, but it's also evidence of combat."