Stories of Civil War gunboat battles along Bayou Teche have not been lost to history.
After all, the bayou was a vital economic artery in south Louisiana, as well as a gateway into the state’s interior, which made it a contested route between the Union and Confederacy. So, Josh Hall wasn’t at all surprised to learn that a former armored Civil War boat is buried beneath the bayou’s muddy bottom and bank in New Iberia.
Still, he wasn’t familiar with the boat’s history…