List of shipwrecks in July 1864

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

July 1864
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29 30 31 Unknown date

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Harriet Stevens  United States American Civil War: The 463-ton bark, carrying a cargo of lumber, cement, and gum opium from Machias, Maine, to Matanzas, Cuba, was captured, used for target practice, and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Bermuda at 31°33′N 64°08′W / 31.550°N 64.133°W / 31.550; -64.133 (Harriet Stevens) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][3]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Locust Point  United States The 462-ton screw steamer sank with the loss of 17 lives in 84 feet (25.6 meters) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Absecon, New Jersey, between Absecon Light and Barnegat Light after colliding with Matanzas (flag unknown).[4][5]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Mariner  United States American Civil War: The 193-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate States Army forces on the Mississippi River above Helena, Arkansas, near the mouth of the St. Francis River, where she had been aground on a sandbar since June.[6]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Carolina  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Attempting to run the Union blockade, the 52-register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked while leaving Galveston, Texas.[7]
Matagorda  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The 1,250-gross ton sidewheel paddle steamer was forced aground off Galveston Island on the coast of Texas, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of San Luis Pass, by the gunboat USS Kanawha ( United States Navy) three hours after departing Galveston, Texas to attempt to run the Union blockade with a cargo that included cotton. Kanawha, the gunboat USS Aroostook, and the screw steamer USS Penguin (all  United States Navy) shelled her on 8 July when Confederates attempted to salvage her, then personnel in two boats from Kanawha and one from Penguin boarded her and set her afire. She later was salvaged and returned to Confederate service.[2][8]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Galconda  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a 330-ton bark returning from a two-year whaling expedition with a cargo of 1,800 barrels of whale oil, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida southwest of Bermuda at 37°28′N 72°00′W / 37.467°N 72.000°W / 37.467; -72.000 (Golconda) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][3]
Planet No. 2  United States The 58-ton sidewheel paddle steamer crashed into a dock at New Orleans, Louisiana.[9]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Greenland  United States American Civil War: The 549-ton bark, bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Pensacola, Florida, with a cargo of coal, was under tow by the tug America ( United States) in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, when the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy) approached. America cast off Greeland and escaped, and Florida captured and burned Greenland near 36°43′N 074°11′W / 36.717°N 74.183°W / 36.717; -74.183 (Grenland).[1][2][10]
Margaret Y. Davis  United States American Civil War: The schooner, in ballast, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Electric Spark  United States American Civil War: During a voyage from New York City to Havana, Cuba, carrying 43 passengers and a cargo of assorted merchandise, dry goods, shoes, boots, fine provisions, wines, liquors, postage stamps, mail, gold specie, cash, and bank notes, the 810-ton screw steamer was captured in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy). Florida scuttled Electric Spark. One Florida crewmen died when one of Florida′s boats was swamped during the capture.[1][2][11]
Elizabeth Buckley Unknown Carrying a cargo of lumber, the schooner was stranded at Point Arena, California, with the loss of one life.[12]
General Berry  United States American Civil War: The 469- or 1,197-ton bark, carrying a cargo of hay and straw from Maine to Fortress Monroe in Virginia, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off the coast of Maryland at 37°33′N 74°20′W / 37.550°N 74.333°W / 37.550; -74.333 (General Berry) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][11]
Governor Milton  United States American Civil War: The armed tug became disabled while transporting Union Army troops on the South Fork of the Edisto River in South Carolina and was burned at the mouth of the river to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.[13]
Virgin  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a large blockade runner, was discovered aground on the coast of Alabama at Mobile Bay near Fort Morgan by the broadside ironclad USS Galena, sidewheel gunboat USS Sebago, and screw sloops-of-war USS Lackawanna and USS Monongahela (all  United States Navy), all of which opened fire on her. However, the Confederates towed her to safety on 11 July.[2]
Zelinda  United States American Civil War: During a voyage in ballast from Matanzas, Cuba. to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 559-ton bark was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (65 km) off the coast of Maryland by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Florida ( Confederate States Navy).[1][2][14]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Cherokee  United States American Civil War: The 261-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[15]
Edward F. Dix  United States American Civil War: The 296-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. She was repaired and returned to service.[16][17]
Glasgow  United States American Civil War: The 340-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[18]
Nare  United States Bound from New York City to Santa Marta, Venezuela, the steamer sank an hour after springing a leak. The crew abandoned ship in two boats. One boat disappeared; the survivors aboard the other boat were rescued by the bark Sicilian (flag unknown).[19]
Northerner  United States American Civil War: The 332-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[20]
Sunshine  United States American Civil War: The 354-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[21]
Welcome  United States American Civil War: The 499-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate agents on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[22]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Saint Louis  United States The 191-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate guerrillas at Sailor's Rest on the Cumberland River in Tennessee above Fort Donelson.[23]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
B. M. Runyon  United States Army The 443-ton sidewheel transport struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at the foot of Island No 84 near Skipwith's Landing, Mississippi, and Gaines Landing, Arkansas, with the loss of about 70 to 150 men.[15]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
B. M. Runyan  United States Army American Civil War: The transport, carrying about 500 Union Army and civilian personnel, sank after striking a snag in the Mississippi River near Skipwith's Landing, Mississippi. The sternwheel paddle steamer USS Prairie Bird ( United States Navy) rescued about 350 survivors.[2]
Gazelle  United States Bound for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with a cargo of coal, the schooner struck a rock and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Thacher Island on the coast of Massachusetts.[14]
Kingston  United States American Civil War: The steamer ran aground on the Virginia shore of the Chesapeake Bay between Smith's Point and Windmill Point. She was captured and burned on 24 July by Confederate guerrillas.[2]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
B. T. Martin  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: After her capture by the Confederate privateer York in the North Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Havana, Cuba, with a cargo of potatoes, a complete sugar mill, and three large iron tanks, the brig was beached by her Confederate prize crew on the coast of North Carolina near Chicamacomico. The Confederates were still stripping B. T. Martin and removing her cargo when the armed screw steamer USS Union ( United States Navy) approached on 28 July, prompting them to burn B. T. Martin to prevent Union from recapturing her.[24]
Clara Bell (or Clarabell)  United States American Civil War: The 200-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was damaged by Confederate States Army artillery fire on the White River, then was run onto the riverbank at Caroline Landing, Mississippi, and finally burned after being set afire by more artillery fire when Confederate forces pursued her to Louisiana Bend on the Mississippi River.[15]
Gazelle  United States Bound for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with a cargo of coal, the schooner struck a rock and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Thacher Island on the coast of Massachusetts.[14]
Kingston  United States American Civil War: The 200-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the Virginia shore of the Chesapeake Bay in the Diamond Marshes between Smith Point and Windmill Point and was captured and burned by Confederate guerrillas.[2][25]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Island City  United States Carrying a cargo of corn for the Northwestern Indian Expedition, the 139-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River across from Fort Buford in Dakota Territory.[26]
Monitor  United States Under tow by the steamer Christina and carrying a cargo of hay and a wagon, the barge burned and sank in the Sacramento River two miles (3.2 km) downstream from Rio Vista, California.[27]
USS Undine  United States Navy American Civil War: The tinclad sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Tennessee River near Clifton, Tennessee. She was refloated on 31 July and was repaired and returned to service.[2]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Mosquito  United States Carrying a cargo of wood, the barge struck a snag and sank in the Sacramento River at the foot of I Street in Sacramento, California.[27]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Henry Ames  United States The 777-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River about 7 miles (11 km) above Cairo, Illinois. She later was refloated.[28]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
Thistle  United States The 210-ton sternwheel towboat struck a snag and sank in the Ohio River near Big Hurricane Island.[29]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1864
ShipCountryDescription
John T. Wright  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Lanshan Crossing on the Yangtze River in China.[30]
Kate  United States During a river voyage in Louisiana from New Orleans to Brashear City with a cargo of 130 tons of coal, the schooner was seized and burned by Confederate forces and sank across from Lost Island.[31]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Florida. 1862-1863. Captain John Newland Maffitt. CSS Florida. 1864. Captain Charles M. Morris"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1864
  3. 1 2 Gaines, p. 22.
  4. ↑ Gaines, p. 109.
  5. ↑ wrecksite.eu SS Locust Point (+1864)
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 99.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 167.
  8. ↑ Gaines, p. 170.
  9. ↑ Gaines, p. 72.
  10. ↑ Gaines, p. 181.
  11. 1 2 Gaines, p. 78.
  12. ↑ Gaines, p. 27.
  13. ↑ Gaines, p. 147.
  14. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 79.
  15. 1 2 3 Gaines, p. 92.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 64.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 93.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 95.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 15.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 101.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 103.
  22. ↑ Gaines, p. 104.
  23. ↑ Gaines, p. 162.
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 115.
  25. ↑ Gaines, p. 183.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 107.
  27. 1 2 Gaines, p. 29.
  28. ↑ Gaines, p. 96.
  29. ↑ Gaines, p. 137.
  30. ↑ Gaines, p. 35.
  31. ↑ Gaines, p. 68.

Bibliography


Ship events in 1864
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