Question: During the Civil War, what did the Confederate Light House Bureau require removal of from all southern lighthouses?
Answer: In early June 1861, the Confederate Light House Bureau called for the removal of all lighting apparatuses from southern lighthouses—including Cape Lookout, which had been disabled, restored, raided, and repaired in conflicting efforts to darken or illuminate the coast for the Union. Cape Lookout’s lens and lamps were removed and stored in a Beaufort warehouse before eventually being moved to storage in Raleigh, where the pieces remained until the end of the Civil War.