List of shipwrecks in August 1864

The list of shipwrecks in August 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1864.

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Lady Walton	United States	The 150-ton sternwheel paddle steamer collided with Norman (flag unknown) and sank in the Tippecanoe River at Warsaw, Indiana.[1]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Dan Pollard	United States	The 77-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank at Cairo, Illinois.[2]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
CSS Gaines	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War, Battle of Mobile Bay: The sidewheel gunboat grounded in a sinking condition in Mobile Bay, Alabama, near Fort Morgan after suffering heavy damage, with two crew members killed.
USS Philippi	United States Navy	American Civil War, Battle of Mobile Bay: The sidewheel gunboat was set afire by Confederate artillery and sank in Mobile Bay, Alabama, at 30°23′01″N 88°02′00″W / 30.3835°N 88.0334°W / 30.3835; -88.0334 (USS Philippi (1863)) after suffering heavy damage.
USS Tecumseh	United States Navy	Illustration of USS Tecumseh sinking. American Civil War, Battle of Mobile Bay: The monitor sank in less than 30 seconds with the loss of 94 lives in Mobile Bay, Alabama, at 30°13′54″N 88°1′33″W / 30.23167°N 88.02583°W / 30.23167; -88.02583 (USS Tecumseh (1863)) after striking a Confederate mine.

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Yanutha	New Zealand	The 30-ton schooner went ashore at New Plymouth, New Zealand, during a gale.[3]
Zephyr	New Zealand	The 56-ton schooner went ashore at New Plymouth, New Zealand, during a gale.[3]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Charles Mears	United States	The 272-ton screw steamer burned at Muskegon, Michigan.[4]
Chekiang	United States	The 1,264-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Hankow, China.[5]
CSS Phoenix	Confederate States Navy	American Civil War: The ironclad warship was scuttled at the Dog River Bar in Mobile Bay, Alabama, at 30°36′08″N 88°02′19″W / 30.60231°N 88.03860°W / 30.60231; -88.03860 (CSS Phoenix) to prevent her capture by Union forces. A few nights later, men from the sidewheel gunboat USS Metacomet ( United States Navy) blew up her wreck to prevent her from being salvaged by Confederate forces, after which Confederate forces burned her wreck to the waterline to prevent her salvage by Union forces.
USS Violet	United States Navy	American Civil War: The armed tug ran aground on the Western Bar of North Carolina′s Cape Fear River. Her own crew and that of the gunboat USS Vicksburg ( United States Navy) were unable to refloat her. To prevent her capture by Confederate forces, they destroyed her by detonating her gunpowder magazine early on 8 August.[6][7]

8-9 August

List of shipwrecks: 8-9 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Prince Albert	United Kingdom	American Civil War, Union blockade: The 132-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of lead ingots and medicine, struck the wreck of the screw steamer Minho ( United Kingdom) while trying to enter Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, and sank in shallow water on Drunken Dick Shoal at Bowman's Jetty off Fort Moultrie on 8 or 9 August. Her wreck was set afire by shelling by the monitor USS Catskill ( United States Navy) and Union artillery on Morris Island, and the fire completed her destruction.[7][8]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
J. C. Campbell	United States	American Civil War: The supply barge, carrying a cargo of commissary stores, was obliterated at her moorings at a wharf at City Point on the James River in Virginia by the explosion of the barge J. E. Kendrick ( United States).[9]
J. E. Kendrick	United States	Illustration by Alfred R. Waud of the explosion of J. E. Kendrick, published in Harper's Weekly on 27 August 1864. American Civil War: The supply barge was obliterated at her moorings a wharf at City Point on the James River in Virginia when a time bomb planted by a Confederate saboteur detonated on board, causing her cargo of ammunition to explode.[9][10] The explosion killed 43 people instantly and injured 126; some accounts put the death toll as high as 300.
Lewis	United States	American Civil War: The barge was blown up at City Point on the James River in Virginia by the explosion of the barge J. E. Kendrick ( United States).[11]
Major General Meade	United States	American Civil War: The supply barge, carrying a cargo of condemned stores and condemned ammunition, was obliterated at her moorings at a wharf at City Point on the James River in Virginia by the explosion of the barge J. E. Kendrick ( United States).[9]
Swallow	New Zealand	The schooner ran aground on Te Haupa / Saddle Island, at the mouth of New Zealand's Mahurangi River.[3]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Racine	United States	The 157-ton screw steamer burned at Rondeau, Ontario, killing 13 people.[12]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
A. Richards	United States	American Civil War: The 274-ton brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][14]
Bay State	United States	American Civil War: The 200-ton bark, carrying a cargo of wood from Alexandria to New York City, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][15]
Carrie Estelle	United States	American Civil War: The 218-ton brig or schooner (sources disagree), carrying a cargo of logs, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean about 80 nautical miles (148 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][14]
James Funk	United States	American Civil War: The 121-ton pilot boat was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off either Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or Montauk Point, Long Island, New York (sources disagree), by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][16]
Sarah A. Boyce	United States	American Civil War: The 382-ton schooner was captured and scuttled or burned (sources disagree) in the North Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (148 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][15]
William Bell	United States	American Civil War: The pilot boat was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (167 km) east-southeast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or 35 nautical miles (65 km) southeast of Fire Island, New York, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][15]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Adriatic	United States	American Civil War: During a voyage from London to New York City with 170 emigrants aboard, the 989-ton full-rigged ship was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean either off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Montauk Point, Long Island, New York (sources disagree), by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][15]
Atlantic	United States	American Civil War: During a voyage to New York City, the 156-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean, either off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or off the coast of New York (sources disagree), by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[7][15]
Spokane	United States	American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of lumber from Calais, France, to New York City, the 126-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[7][16]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Glenarvon (or Glenavon)	United States	American Civil War: During a voyage from New York City to Greenock, Scotland, with a cargo of iron, the 789-ton barque was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][17]
Lamont Du Pont (or Lammont Du Pont)	United States	American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of coal from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, to New York City, the 194-ton schooner was captured and either scutlled or burned (sources disagree) in the North Atlantic Ocean within 60 nautical miles (97 km) of New York City by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[7][16]
Lotus	New Zealand	The 90-ton schooner, loaded with timber from Taranaki, was lost trying to cross the bar at the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, in a heavy swell.[18]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Gladiator	United States	The 425-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Mississippi River at Willard, Illinois.[19]
James Littlefield	United States	American Civil War: The 547- or 593-ton full-rigged ship, carrying a cargo of anthracite from Cardiff, Wales, to New York City, was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Etta Caroline	United States	American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of wood, the 39-ton fishing schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Floral Wreath	United States	American Civil War: The 54-ton schooner, bound from Bridgeport to C. H. Island in Maine was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Howard	United States	American Civil War: The 148-ton schooner, bound from Bridgeport, Nova Scotia, to New York City with a cargo of coal, was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Mary A. Howes	United States	American Civil War: The 61-ton schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Restless	United States	American Civil War: The 50-ton fishing schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off New England by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Wee Tottie	New Zealand	The brig went aground at New Plymouth, New Zealand. She had discharged her cargo at the port, but had not taken on enough ballast and became unmanageable.[21]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Leopard	United States	American Civil War: The 74-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of wood to Boston, Massachusetts, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Magnolia	United States	American Civil War: The 35-ton fishing schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
P. C. Alexander	United States	American Civil War: The 283-ton bark, on a voyage in ballast from New York City to Pictou, Nova Scotia, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][20]
Pearl	United States	American Civil War: The 42-ton fishing schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7]
Sarah Louise	United States	American Civil War: Carrying a cargo of wood, the 81-ton schooner was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][22]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Josiah Achom	United States	American Civil War: The 123-ton schooner, on a voyage in ballast from Portland, Maine, to Lingan, Nova Scotia, was captured and destroyed in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][22]
Miller (or J. H. Miller)	United States	American Civil War: The 68-ton sternwheel paddle steamer, carrying a cargo of commissary supplies and mail, was captured and burned by Confederate forces on the Arkansas River in Arkansas 20 miles (32 km) from Pine Bluff.[23]
North America	United States	American Civil War: The 87-ton fishing schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off Maine by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][22]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Highland Chief	United States	The 342-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River 2 miles (3.2 km) above Vevay, Indiana, with the loss of five lives after colliding with Major Anderson (flag unknown).[24]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Roan	United States	American Civil War: The 127-ton brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the merchant raider CSS Tallahassee ( Confederate States Navy).[13][7][25]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Courier	United States	The 258-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Cache River between Cairo and Mound City, Illinois, by a fire that began while she was transferring stores to the steamer Volunteer (flag unknown).[24]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Favourite	New Zealand	The cutter foundered in the Hauraki Gulf during a heavy storm.[21]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Emma Boyd	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: The 172-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag in the Alabama River at Selma, Alabama.[26]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
John Swasy	United States	The 236-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Devil's Island above Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[27]
Mary Bowers	United Kingdom	American Civil War, Union blockade: While attempting to run the Union blockade into Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of coal and general merchandise, the 550- or 680-ton iron-hulled sidewheel paddle steamer struck the wreck of the screw steamer SS Georgiana ( Confederate States of America) and sank 3 to 4 nautical miles (5.6 to 7.4 km) off Long Island, South Carolina, east of Breach Inlet at 32°46′47″N 79°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 79.75972°W / 32.77972; -79.75972 (Mary Bowers), becoming a total loss.[7][28]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1864

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	New Zealand	The cutter went ashore near the mouth of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, while en route from Auckland to Kaipara Harbour.[3]
Fawn	New Zealand	The schooner was wrecked on a sandbar at Sumner, New Zealand.[3]
Houqua	United States	The clipper disappeared without trace after departing Yokohama, Japan, on 15 August bound for New York City. She may have foundered in a typhoon.
Martha	United States	The lighthouse tender was captured and burned by Confederate forces in Chandeleur Sound near Mason's Keep on the coast of Louisiana.[29]
Unidentified wharf boat	United States	American Civil War: Loaded with government stores, the wharf boat was burned by Confederate forces at Owensboro, Kentucky.[30]

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