List of shipwrecks in February 1862

The list of shipwrecks in February 1862 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1862.

February 1862
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1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Lydia and Martha  Confederate States American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooner as a blockship below Weir's Point off Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[1]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Appleton Belle  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 103-ton paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Duck River near Paris, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[2][3]
CSS Curlew  Confederate States Navy
Illustration of CSS Curlew burning
American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: After a Union 100-pound (45.4-kg) shell tore through her iron plating and magazine, the armed sidewheel tug was beached off Fort Forrest and then sank in Croatan Sound off the northwestern end Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Confederate forces burned and blew up her wreck on 8 February to prevent its capture by Union forces.[4]
E. H. Herbert  United States The steam tug sank without loss of life off North Carolina near New Inlet. The schooner William H. Mailler (flag unknown) rescued her crew.[5]
Julius  Confederate States American Civil War: The steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by United States Navy gunboats.[6]
CSS Lynn Boyd  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 227-ton paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Duck River in Tennessee to prevent her capture by Union forces.[7][8]
CSS Samuel Orr  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 279-ton sternwheel paddle steamer, in use as a hospital boat, was burned on the Tennessee River at the mouth of the Duck River in Tennessee to prevent her capture by Union forces.[9][10]
CSS Time  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by United States Navy gunboats.[11]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Curlew  Confederate States American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the coast of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[12]
CSS Muscle  Confederate States American Civil War: The cargo steamer was captured by the gunboats USS Conestoga, USS Lexington, and USS Tyler. She sprang a leak and sank in the Tennessee River while under tow by Union forces to Cerro Gordo, Tennessee.[8]
Sam Kirkman  Confederate States American Civil War: The sternwheel paddle steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[13]
CSS Sea Bird  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: The sidewheel paddle steamer was rammed and sunk near Roanoke Island, North Carolina, by the gunboat Commodore Perry ( United States Navy) with the loss of two crew killed and four wounded. The gunboat USS Valley City ( United States Navy) destroyed her machinery.[14]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Appomattox  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The armed steamer was burned by her crew at the entrance to the Dismal Swamp Canal near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She blew up when the flames reached her store of gunpowder.[15]
CSS Black Warrior  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The schooner was burned by her crew at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS Fanny  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The armed screw steamer was forced aground by the armed sidewheel paddle steamer USS John L. Lockwood ( United States Navy) at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and set afire. The gunboat USS Valley City ( United States Navy) destroyed her machinery.[16]
CSS Forrest  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The gunboat was out of the water on a marine railway undergoing repairs at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS M. C. Etheridge  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of naval stores, the 144-ton schooner was set afire by her crew when the gunboat USS Whitehead ( United States Navy) attacked her on the Pasquotank River on the coast of North Carolina. Unable to extinguish the fire, Whitehead′s crew scuttled her.[17][18]
Unidentified gunboat  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The incomplete gunboat was captured and burned by Union forces while still on the building ways at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.[19]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The schooner was burned at the wharves at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, after Union forces captured the city.[19]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Edisto  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed in Bulls Bay off the coast of South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[20][21]
Elizabeth  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed in Bulls Bay off the coast of South Carolina by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[20][21]
Lynnhaven  Confederate States American Civil War: Captured while carrying a cargo of corn near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, by the sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware ( United States Navy) on 10 February, the vessel was scuttled as a blockship at the mouth of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal in North Carolina.[22]
Theodore Stony  Confederate States American Civil War, Union blockade: The 54-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed at Bulls Bay, South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[20][23]
Wandoo Unknown American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed at Bulls Bay, South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[20][23]
Two unidentified lighters  Confederate States American Civil War: The lighters were scuttled as blockships in the channel abreast of Fort Caswell, North Carolina, by Confederate forces.[19]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States American Civil War: Captured near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, by the sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware ( United States Navy) on 10 February, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship at the mouth of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal in North Carolina.[24]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States American Civil War: Captured while carrying a cargo of furniture near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, by the sidewheel gunboat USS Delaware ( United States Navy) on 10 February, the schooner was scuttled as a blockship at the mouth of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal in North Carolina.[25]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Primero  United States The 331-ton screw steamer was lost in the North Atlantic Ocean during a voyage from Port Royal, South Carolina, to New York City.[26]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
USS Isaac N. Seymour  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The paddle steamer struck an abandoned anchor and sank in Hatteras Inlet off North Carolina. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Mary Nevis  United States American Civil War: The sloop was stripped and burned by United States Navy forces after she ran aground and bilged on the coast of Florida at Bayes Pass.[27][28]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Cambridge  Confederate States The 242-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River at Grand Glaise, Arkansas, with the loss of 42 lives.[29]
CSS James Johnson  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 525-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was undergoing conversion into a gunboat on the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces.[30]
CSS James Woods  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 585-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was undergoing conversion into a gunboat on the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, when she was burned to prevent her capture by Union forces.[30]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Santa Cruz  United States The 96-ton screw steamer was lost in China on the Yangtze River below Sterling Island.[31]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
USS R. B. Forbes  United States Navy American Civil War: The armed screw steamer was driven ashore on the Currituck Banks on the coast of North Carolina about four miles (6.5 km) south of Currituck Inlet in a gale. After the armed screw steamer USS Young America ( United States Navy) took off her crew, R. B. Forbes was burned to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[32]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
Minnetonka  United States American Civil War: The 158-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was captured and burned on the Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, by Confederate States Army forces.[8]
Robert Gilfillan  United States American Civil War: The schooner, carrying a cargo of assorted provisions from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Santo Domingo or Haiti (sources differ), was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean by the merchant raider CSS Nashville ( Confederate States Navy).[20][33][34]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Prince  Confederate States Navy The 223-ton sidewheel transport struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River near Island Number Ten and Hickman, Kentucky, with the loss of 74 lives.[35]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1862
ShipCountryDescription
C. A. Nicholas  Confederate States American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: Converted into a makeshift fort by Confederate forces after running aground on Roanoke Island in Croatan Sound in North Carolina, the barge was destroyed by the gunboat USS Southfield ( United States Navy).[36]
CSS Dunbar  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The 213-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk in Cypress Creek off the Tennessee River about two miles (3.2 km) below Florence, Alabama, to prevent her capture by Union forces. Her wreck was burned on 21 April by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Tyler ( United States Navy). She was later refloated by the Union Army.[37]
CSS James Johnson  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: While undergoing conversion into a gunboat at Nashville, Tennessee, the sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces to prevent her capture by Union forces.[20][38]
CSS James Woods  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: While undergoing conversion into a gunboat at Nashville, Tennessee, the sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces to prevent her capture by Union forces.[20][39]
O.K.  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: Captured from the Confederates by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Santiago de Cuba ( United States Navy) at Cedar Key, Florida, on 8 February, the sloop was swamped in the Gulf of Mexico while on her way to join the United States Navy blockading force off St. Marks, Florida.[27]
Science No. 2  United States The 116-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank up to her boiler deck in the Ohio River at Pomeroy, Ohio.[40]
Tolo Unknown The full-rigged ship was lost at San Juan Island on the coast of Washington Territory.[41]
Unidentified barge  Confederate States American Civil War: Grounded in Croatan Sound on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, filled with sand, and armed to serve as a makeshift fort, the barge was destroyed by the gunboat USS Southfield ( United States Navy).[42]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 122.
  2. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Appleton Belle
  3. ↑ Gaines, p. 159.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 117.
  5. ↑ Gaines, pp. 117-118.
  6. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Julius
  7. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Lynn Boyd
  8. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 161.
  9. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Samuel Orr
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 162.
  11. ↑ Gaines, p. 7.
  12. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Curlew
  13. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Sam Kirkman
  14. ↑ Gaines, p. 128.
  15. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Appomattox
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 119.
  17. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: M. C. Etheridge
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 123.
  19. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 132.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
  21. 1 2 Gaines, p. 145.
  22. ↑ Gaines, pp. 122-123.
  23. 1 2 Gaines, p. 156.
  24. ↑ Gaines, pp. 122-123, 132.
  25. ↑ Gaines, pp. 157.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 15.
  27. 1 2 Gaines, p. 43.
  28. ↑ archive.org Full text of "Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion ..", p. 138.
  29. ↑ Gaines, p. 9.
  30. 1 2 Gaines, p. 160.
  31. ↑ Gaines, p. 35.
  32. ↑ Gaines, pp. 127-128.
  33. ↑ Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
  34. ↑ Gaines, p. 16.
  35. ↑ Gaines, p. 101.
  36. ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
  37. ↑ Gaines, p. 2.
  38. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: James Johnson
  39. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: James Woods
  40. ↑ Gaines, p. 136.
  41. ↑ Gaines, p. 195.
  42. ↑ Gaines, p. 131.

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