List of shipwrecks in September 1863

The list of shipwrecks in September 1863 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1863.

September 1863
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 Unknown date

1-2 September

List of shipwrecks: 1-2 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Rinaldo  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The steamer was captured and burned at Trinity in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, by troops of the 17th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( Union Army).[1]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Delaware  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven onshore by a gale near Pepin Island, to the north of Nelson, New Zealand. The crew were saved by the efforts of a group of five local Māori, four men and one woman. The group became heroes, especially the woman, Huria Matenga (Julia Martin), who became known as "the Grace Darling of New Zealand".[2] The site of the wreck is now known as Delaware Bay.[3][4]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
USS Clifton  United States Navy American Civil War, Second Battle of Sabine Pass: The sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground in the Sabine Pass on the coast of Texas under intense Confederate artillery fire. She surrendered, and the Confederates refloated and repaired her and placed her in service with the Texas Marine Department.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
D. E. Crary  Confederate States Navy The 109-ton screw steamer was stranded.[5]
CSS Pontchartrain  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel armored gunboat was burned by Confederate forces on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces. The sidewheel steamer USS General Price ( United States Navy) completed her destruction on 10 September.[6]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Arkansas  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 223-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[7]
Bracelet  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 169-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces. Her wreck was removed by the snagboat C. B. Reaves ( United States) in 1906.[8]
Chester Ashley  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 192-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[9]
Highland Lassie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The 160-ton brig was wrecked on a sandspit inside the mouth of the New River while en route from Port Chalmers to Invercargill, New Zealand.[10]
Julia Roane  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[11]
Little Rock  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 183-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[11]
St. Francis No. 3  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[12][13]
Tahlequah  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 92-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by the Confederates on the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[13]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Diurnal  United States The 199-ton sidewheel paddle steamer struck a snag and burned on the White River at St. Charles, Arkansas.[9]
Fox  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer, a blockade runner, was destroyed by her own crew at Pascagoula, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Genesee ( United States Navy).[14]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Hiawatha  United States American Civil War: The 767-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, in a fire set by Confederate agents.[15]
Imperial  United States American Civil War: The 907-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, in use as a hospital boat, was burned on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, in a fire set by Confederate agents.[16]
Jessie K. Bell  United States American Civil War: The 325-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, in a fire set by Confederate agents.[17]
Jupiter  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner was aground in Wassaw Sound on the coast of Georgia when the gunboat USS Cimarron ( United States Navy) discovered her. After Jupiter′s crew failed in their attempts to scuttle her, Cimarron captured her.[14]
Post Boy  United States American Civil War: The 348-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was burned on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, in a fire set by Confederate agents.[18]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Spirit Unknown The vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Maranhão, Brazil, with the loss of Captain John Fry Found and several other members of her crew.

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Arabian  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the 263-register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina at the entrance to the Cape Fear River at Kure Beach north of Corncake Inlet, about one mile (1.6 km) below Fort Fisher, after being turned back by the screw steamer USS Iron Age and screw sloop USS Shenandoah (both  United States Navy) while trying to exit the Cape Fear River at night.[19]
Salcombe Castle unknown The schooner was wrecked near Hokianga in New Zealand's North Island while en route from Lyttelton to Kaipara Harbour, striking the shore during a gale and heavy swell. All eight on board were saved.[10]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Manhasset  United States American Civil War: The coal schooner was driven ashore and wrecked by a gale on the coast of Texas 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Sabine Pass. Confederate forces captured her wreck.[14][20]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified vessel Unknown The vessel was chased ashore near the mouth of Caney Creek near Velasco, Texas, by a United States Navy armed schooner. Her crew burned her to prevent her capture by Union forces.[21]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Alliance  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, captured by a Confederate States Navy small boat expedition on 19 September while carrying a cargo of sutler′s stores during a voyage to Port Royal, South Carolina, ran aground in Old Haven Creek or Milford Haven in Mathews County, Virginia, while under the control of a Confederate prize crew and was burned by the Confederates after the gunboat USS Thomas Freeborn ( United States Navy) opened fire on her.[14][22]
Phantom  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The 500-ton screw steamer, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of arms, gin, whiskey, lead, cannons, rifle muskets, other arms, and other Confederate government stores was chased ashore at Rich Inlet or New Topsail Inlet on the coast of North Carolina by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Connecticut ( United States Navy). Her crew set fire to her and abandoned ship. Confederate sharpshooters killed a U.S. Navy landsman approaching her to attempt to put out the fire, and Connecticut then destroyed her. Her wreck later broke in half after bein shelled by U.S. Navy warships.[23][24]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was run aground in Virginia at Milford Haven or Old Haven, then burned to prevent her capture when the armed tugs USS Anacostia and USS Tulip and gunboat USS Thomas Freeborn (all  United States Navy) arrived on the scene.[25]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a military cargo, the 623-to-660-ton sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground on the coast of North Carolina at the east end of Lockwood Folly Inlet and was burned.[26]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
CSS Grand Duke  Confederate States Navy An accidental fire destroyed the 508-ton cottonclad sidewheel paddle steamer at Shreveport, Louisiana.[27]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Novik  Imperial Russian Navy The corvette was wrecked on the coast of California two miles (3.2 km) north of Point Reyes.[28]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Julius Pringle Unknown The full-rigged ship was lost at Monterey, California, with the loss of one life.[29]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Robert Campbell Jr.  United States American Civil War: The 421-ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River near Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, with the loss of 22 lives after a Confederate guerrilla posing as a passenger aboard her set her on fire.[30]
Unidentified schooner  United States American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned on Old Haven Creek on the coast of Virginia by the gunboat USS Currituck ( United States Navy).[25]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Director  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: During a blockade-running voyage from Nassau in the Bahamas to Peace Creek, Florida, with a cargo of rum and salt, the schooner was captured and destroyed as she exited Terraceia Creek at the entrance to the Caloosahatchie River at Punta Rasa, Florida, by the bark USS Gem of the Sea ( United States Navy).[31]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1863
ShipCountryDescription
Augusta  United States The 218-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded at Hell Gate in the East River in New York City.[32]
City of Madison  United States American Civil War: The 419-ton sidewheel paddle steamer exploded on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, after being set afire by Confederate agents. Reports of the loss of life in the fire and explosion range from 63 to 156 killed.[33]
John Bell  United States The 209-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at St. Charles, Missouri, on either 24 or 28 September.[34]
Madison  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The 99-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was scuttled by her owner on the rocks at Troy Springs, Florida, to prevent her seizure by Union forces.[35]
Sebim United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked on New Zealand's Chatham Islands early in September when the wind veered during a heavy gale. All hands were saved.[36]
Smoker  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton transferred from the blockade runner Sarah (flag unknown), the steamer was declared a total loss after becoming stranded on the coast of Mexico near Tampico.[37]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaines, p. 73.
  2. ↑ "Matenga, Huria (1840?-1909)", natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "The wreck of the Delaware", nzhistory.govt.nz. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 92–94.
  5. ↑ Gaines, p. 196.
  6. ↑ Gaines, p. 11.
  7. ↑ Gaines, p. 8.
  8. ↑ Gaines, pp. 8-9.
  9. 1 2 Gaines, p. 9.
  10. 1 2 Ingram & Wheatley, p. 95.
  11. 1 2 Gaines, p. 10.
  12. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: St. Francis No. 3
  13. 1 2 Gaines, p. 12.
  14. 1 2 3 4 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1863
  15. ↑ Gaines, p. 96.
  16. ↑ Gaines, p. 97.
  17. ↑ Gaines, p. 98.
  18. ↑ Gaines, p. 110.
  19. ↑ Gaines, p. 114.
  20. ↑ Gaines, p. 170.
  21. ↑ Gaines, p. 173.
  22. ↑ Gaines, p. 175.
  23. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Phantom
  24. ↑ Gaines, p. 126.
  25. 1 2 Gaines, p. 192.
  26. ↑ Gaines, p. 118.
  27. ↑ Gaines, p. 66.
  28. ↑ Gaines p. 29.
  29. ↑ Gaines, p. 28.
  30. ↑ Gaines, p. 102.
  31. ↑ Gaines, p. 39.
  32. ↑ Gaines p. 109.
  33. ↑ Gaines, p. 92.
  34. ↑ Gaines, p. 107.
  35. ↑ Gaines, p. 42.
  36. ↑ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 95. Some sources claim that the wreck occurred in late August.
  37. ↑ Gaines, p. 81.

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Ship events in 1863
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