The wreck of the Ivanhoe, a Confederate blockade runner, has been uncovered in the surf along Fort Morgan.
The
Ivanhoe dates to the Civil War. It was an iron hulled paddlewheel
steamer built in Scotland in May of 1864. The ship was sunk on its
maiden voyage just seven weeks later as it attempted to steam into
Mobile Bay, past the Union naval blockade set up between Fort Morgan and
Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. At the time, the Confederates still
controlled both forts. The Union ships patrolled the mouth of the bay
just outside of the reach of the cannons in the forts.
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