Two huge timbers, possibly from the prison but more likely from work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1938 and 1942, were recovered from the spring run.

Georgia Southern's Sociology/Anthropology Department has been conducting surveys and excavations for a number of years at the park, serving as a partner in revealing and interpreting the history of Camp Lawton.

In the summer of 2015, the park is opening a splash pad to ultimately take the place of the aging and underused swimming pool.

Built by slave labor and a group of Union prisoners of pine timber harvested on site, the walls measured 12 to 15 feet (4.6 m) high.

Research using ground-penetrating radar conducted in December 2009 by the LAMAR Institute, Savannah, Georgia ([1]) revealed a possible location for the southwest corner of the prison stockade.