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09-04-2012, 07:03 PM
Mysterious shipwreck washes onto Alabama shore, believed to be from Civil War
Hurricane Isaac has washed the remains of a blockade-runner vessel onto the shores of an Alabama beach, and many believe it could be a Civil War era vessel, dating back to 1862, according to the Birmingham News.
However, a debate has ensued over what era exactly the shipwreck is from.
"Look what Isaac uncovered!" reads a Facebook post from Meyer Vacation Rentals, a local real estate company that posted several pictures of the wreckage on their fan page.
A number of Confederate ships attempted to circumvent a Union Navy blockade of Mobile Bay during the Civil War. And some believe the wreckage may belong to the Monticello, a ship that burned and sank while trying to break the blockage during the war.
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/348/monticello1.jpg
Some experts think these are the remains of the Monticello, a Civil War era Confederate vessel (Myers Vacation
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mysterious-shipwreck-washes-onto-alabama-shore-believed-civil-154038655.html
Hurricane Isaac has washed the remains of a blockade-runner vessel onto the shores of an Alabama beach, and many believe it could be a Civil War era vessel, dating back to 1862, according to the Birmingham News.
However, a debate has ensued over what era exactly the shipwreck is from.
"Look what Isaac uncovered!" reads a Facebook post from Meyer Vacation Rentals, a local real estate company that posted several pictures of the wreckage on their fan page.
A number of Confederate ships attempted to circumvent a Union Navy blockade of Mobile Bay during the Civil War. And some believe the wreckage may belong to the Monticello, a ship that burned and sank while trying to break the blockage during the war.
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/348/monticello1.jpg
Some experts think these are the remains of the Monticello, a Civil War era Confederate vessel (Myers Vacation
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mysterious-shipwreck-washes-onto-alabama-shore-believed-civil-154038655.html