Record #:

28548

Author(s):

Markovich, Jeremy

Abstract:

The reemergence of the 1864 Agnes E. Fry shipwreck and its importance are detailed. The Agnes E. Fry was a blockade runner intended to be used to evade Union warships during the Civil War. The Fry’s history, the account of its final run as told by Bernard Roux Harding, and its place off the NC coast are described. Billy Ray Morris, director of the Underwater Archaeology Branch, rediscovered the ship and he describes the work being done to preserve and document the find.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 1, June 2017, p138-144

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks--North Carolina; Shipwrecks--Anecdotes; Shipwrecks--Conservation; Blockade runners; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Bentonville; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockade runners