An Unidentified Civil War Shipwreck Was Just Discovered in North Carolina
The blockade runner has been hiding at the bottom of the ocean for 150 years.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/news/a19800/an-unidentified-civil-war-shipwreck-was-just-discovered-in-north-carolina/North Carolina Office of State Archaeology / Institute of International Maritime Research
By John Wenz
Mar 7, 2016
This weekend, a Civil War-era shipwreck was discovered off the coast of North Carolina. But authorities are scrambling to figure out which ship it might've been.
This much is known: it's a blockade runner of a type used by the Confederacy. Three of them were lost in the area and still haven't been found: the Agnes E. Fry, Spunkie and Georgianna McCaw. The steamship, discovered by the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology and the Institute of International Maritime Research in late February, is reported to be extraordinarily well preserved.
Subsequent investigations will reveal which runner it is. The blockade runners were supplied to the Confederacy by the British during the Civil War. More than 1,100 of the runners were captured by Union forces, and another 355 were destroyed. Other Civil War wrecks have been discovered in recent years, including the U.S.S. Monitor in 1973* and another Confederate ship discovered in Lake Michigan in December.
Of course, this shipwreck isn't as likely to be filled with loot as a Spanish ship discovered in December. But it could reconstruct a piece of history and provide a forensic glimpse into the war that nearly tore the U.S. apart.