Record #:

28553

Author(s):

Wenner, Joan

Abstract:

Archaeologists are exploring a sunken blockade runner off the North Carolina coast near the Cape Fear River. The wreck was confirmed as the Scottish-built Agnes E. Frye, one of three sidewheel steamers bested by Union forces during the Civil War.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 49 Issue 4, April 2017, p20-21, il, por, map

Subject(s):

Archaeology; Shipwrecks--Cape Fear River