From the September 4th Yahoo! News the Sideshow "Mysterious shipwreck washes onto Alabama shore, believed to be from Civil War."
Hurricane Isaac washed the remains of what some people believe to be a blockade-runner up on the shore of an Alabama beach near Fort Morgan, by Mobile Bay.
Some believe it to be the remains of the blockade-runner Monticello. This is the fourth time the wreckage has been seen. The first time was after 1969's Hurricane Camille, then 2004's Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Others think it might be a Prohibition-era rum runner.
Museum of Mobile marine archaeologist Shea McLean thinks it is the Monticello, but can't know for sure unless they find a ship's bell with the name on it.
The wreck is 136 feet long and eventually shifting sands will bury it again. Another powerful storm will uncover it.
Apparently, the ship did not wash ashore during Hurricane Isaac. It was there all the time, just covered with sand.
It Would Sure Be Neat If It Was a Blockade-Runner. --Old B-Runner
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