List of shipwrecks in September 1861

The list of shipwrecks in September 1861 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1861.

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
J. G. Morrow	United States	The 163-ton sidewheel ferry struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Missouri.[1]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Colonel Long	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of arrowroot, sponges, and whiskey and a crew of eight, the 14-ton fishing schooner was captured and scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia by the sloop-of-war USS Jamestown ( United States Navy).[2]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Judah	Confederate States of America	American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a Confederate privateer and blockade runner, was boarded and set afire while moored at the Pensacola Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida, by 100 United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel who rowed into the harbor in four launches from the screw frigate USS Colorado ( United States Navy). Judah broke her moorings, drifted into the middle of Pensacola Bay, burned to the waterline, and sank opposite Fort Barrancas.[3][4]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Margaret and Pioneer	New Zealand	The two schooners both hit the Molyneux bar at the mouth of the Clutha River, New Zealand.[5]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Maid of the Mist	United States	The 40-ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Ohio River at Evansville, Indiana.[6]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Minnesota	United States	The 749-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded at Green Bay, Wisconsin.[7]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
M. H. Sheldon	United States	Carrying a cargo of coal, the schooner was wrecked on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island.[8]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Joseph Park	United States	American Civil War: The 244-ton brigantine was used for target practice and burned in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( Confederate States Navy). Sumter had captured her on 25 or 28 September (sources disagree).[9][10]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1861

Ship	Country	Description
Ann Jane	New Zealand	The schooner hit the Molyneux bar at the muth of the Clutha River, New Zealand.[5]
Persevere	Unknown	The full-rigged ship was lost in the Pacific Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Flattery on the coast of Washington Territory.[11]
Towns (or W. W. Townes)	Confederate States of America	American Civil War: The 89-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled as a blockship in the Warwick River in Virginia.[12]

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