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These two other markers combine with this one within the gazebo to add context to the shipwreck off shore.
 
By Evan Dwyer, January 25, 2025
General Beauregard Shipwreck
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1 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Carolina Beach — The General Beauregard —
Near Lake Drive at Carolina Beach Avenue South when traveling east.
The General Beauregard was an iron-hulled side wheel steamer 223 feet, 2 inches long. Formerly the Havelock, it was built in 1858 at Govan, Scotland to serve as a ferry between Glasgow and Dublin. Chicora Importing and Exporting . . . — — Map (db m276094) HM
2 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Carolina Beach — Blockade Running —
Near Lake Drive at Carolina Beach Avenue South when traveling east.
In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln ordered a naval blockade of the major southern ports from Virginia to Texas. This ambitious effort was intended to weaken the Confederate War effort by preventing cotton, the South's most important export, . . . — — Map (db m276103) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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