(WHTM) A week to the day after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln declared the U.S. Navy would blockade the ports of the Confederate states. It would be a major undertaking-guarding 3,500 ...
As the Isle of Palms navigates a $32 million beach renourishment, crews must be mindful of two Civil War-era shipwrecks that sit at the bottom of the ocean.
Condor, a Civil War blockade runner, was carrying the famous Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow when on its maiden voyage it ran aground near Fort Fisher. Condor, a Civil War blockade runner, was ...
As many as three Civil War blockade runners have been located buried on Sullivan’s Island near Fort Moultrie, according to the S.C. The Maritime Research Division. SCIAA image Shipwrecks frequently ...
Shipwrecks frequently get lost, but a search for four missing Civil War blockade runners off South Carolina has come to the unusual conclusion that at least three are now buried on land. The fourth ...