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Ike Uncovers Mystery Civil War-Era Shipwreck
FOXNews.com ^ | Friday, September 19, 2008 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/19/2008 4:23:26 PM PDT by metmom

FORT MORGAN, Ala. , Texas — When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery — a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later.

The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969.

Researchers at the time identified it as the Monticello, a battleship that partially burned when it crashed trying to get past the U.S. Navy and into Mobile Bay during the Civil War.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News; Military/Veterans; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: civilwar; fortmorgan; godsgravesglyphs; ike; monticello; shipwreck
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1 posted on 09/19/2008 4:23:26 PM PDT by metmom
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 09/19/2008 4:23:51 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

thats kinda cool.


3 posted on 09/19/2008 4:34:01 PM PDT by RatsDawg (I love Palin :))
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To: metmom

Pretty cool.


4 posted on 09/19/2008 4:34:49 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: metmom

5 posted on 09/19/2008 4:53:53 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: metmom

Cool.


6 posted on 09/19/2008 5:24:00 PM PDT by Ilya Mourometz
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To: metmom

FORT MORGAN, Ala. , Texas

Wow, that’s some dateline. Let me go out on a limb an surmise that this story was written in the office and not at the actual site.


7 posted on 09/19/2008 5:32:00 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: raybbr

The Wreck of the Obama-Biden


8 posted on 09/19/2008 5:36:42 PM PDT by rabidralph (She shoots, she scores!)
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To: metmom; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

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Thanks metmom. You've even taken care of the keyword for me. :')

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9 posted on 09/19/2008 5:42:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: raybbr

Thanks....
Neat photo.

I love our coast, with those white sugar sands. ;-)


10 posted on 09/19/2008 5:49:51 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope they do move it and preserve it before another storm comes.


11 posted on 09/19/2008 6:00:24 PM PDT by rdl6989 (What isn't above Obama's pay grade?)
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To: SunkenCiv
"The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969. "

Ft Morgan...is the location of the plaque commerating the Prince Madoc landing in 1170 AD.

Oh well...I guess they removed it. Sign below to have it returned:

Restoration of the Commemorative Welsh Prince Madog Plaque to Mobile Bay

12 posted on 09/19/2008 6:08:45 PM PDT by blam
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To: LadyPilgrim
"I love our coast, with those white sugar sands. ;-)"

Shhhhh! There are too many Yankees here already.

13 posted on 09/19/2008 6:11:09 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Maybe it blew away.


14 posted on 09/19/2008 6:18:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv

Actually, I didn’t. Someone else must have added that.


15 posted on 09/19/2008 6:30:39 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: blam

Yikes....I guess I spoke to loud!!!! ;-) Lord, deliver us...

Welllll.....the beaches are sanded out of white glass shards off all those shipwrecks.

How’s that?
Think they’ll swallow that and stay where they are? ;-\


16 posted on 09/19/2008 6:39:19 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: scrabblehack

There’s been some really poorly written stuff from Fox News posted tonight. The editors must be on strike or incapcitated.


17 posted on 09/19/2008 8:44:54 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: metmom

bttt


18 posted on 09/19/2008 8:48:28 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: metmom
a battleship that partially burned when it crashed trying to get past the U.S. Navy

Battleship?

Crashed?

19 posted on 09/20/2008 6:02:49 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (qui)
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To: raybbr; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; Gamecock; F15Eagle
"What is that crowd of people doing"?

"Is anyone here a marine archeologist?!"


20 posted on 09/20/2008 6:17:16 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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