List of shipwrecks in 1862

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

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1862
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1862
Ship Country Description
Northern Light  United States The clipper collided with the brig Nouveau St. Jacques ( France) and was abandoned at sea.
Nouveau St. Jacques  France The brig sank after colliding with the clipper Northern Light ( United States).

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1862
Ship Country Description
Santi-Pietri  French Navy The prison hulk, a former ship-of-the-line, was destroyed by fire at Toulon, France.

9 January

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1862
Ship Country Description
York  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner′s crew ran her aground near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, after which the screw steamer USS Albatross ( United States Navy) destroyed her.[1]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1862
Ship Country Description
Neapolitan  United States American Civil War: The 322-ton bark, carrying a cargo of fruit and sulphur, was captured and burned in the Strait of Gibraltar by the merchant raider CSS Sumter ( Confederate States Navy). [1][2]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1862
Ship Country Description
J. W. Wilder  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner, ran aground on the coast of Alabama about 15 miles east of Mobile and was captured by a boarding party from the screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler, assisted by the screw steamer USS Huntsville and two cutters from the frigate USS Potomac (all  United States Navy),.[1]
USS Margaret Scott  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1862
Ship Country Description
Ocean Chief  United Kingdom The clipper was destroyed by arson at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand.

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1862
Ship Country Description
Julia  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was forced to run herself aground on the coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all  United States Navy), which then burned her to prevent her from falling back into Confederate hands.[1]
Unidentified bark  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The bark, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of cotton, was forced to run herself aground on the coast of Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all  United States Navy), which then burned her to prevent her from falling back into Confederate hands.[1]
USS Peri  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel, earmarked for scuttling as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet," was blown out to sea by a gale, where she drifted for three days before disappearing.
Pioneer  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire, Wales, with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Galatz, United Principalities, to Caernarfon, Wales.[3]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1862
Ship Country Description
USS New England  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The whaler was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."
USS Stephen Young  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The brig was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1862
Ship Country Description
USS India  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel was scuttled as a blockship in Maffit's Channel in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."
USS Timor  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The vessel was scuttled in Charleston Harbor off Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the "Stone Fleet."

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1862
Ship Country Description
John & Isabella  United Kingdom The ship struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, and foundered. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[4]

February

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1862
Ship Country Description
Appleton Belle  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The steamer was burned on the Tennessee River at Paris, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[5]
CSS Curlew  Confederate States Navy
Illustration of CSS Curlew burning
American Civil War, Battle of Roanoke Island: The paddle steamer was beached off Roanoke Island, North Carolina, to prevent her from sinking after being holed. She was burned on 8 February to prevent her capture by Union forces.

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Curlew  Confederate States of America 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.[6]
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.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1862
Ship Country Description
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.[7]
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 of America American Civil War, Battle of Elizabeth City: The armed screw steamer ran aground and was blown up at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS Forrest  Confederate States of America 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.

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1862
Ship Country Description
Edisto  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed off Bulls Bay, South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]
Elizabeth  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed off Bulls Bay, South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]
Theodore Stony  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed off Bulls Bay, South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]
Wandoo  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of rice, was destroyed off Bulls Bay, South Carolina, by an armed boat from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1862
Ship Country Description
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.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1862
Ship Country Description
USS R. B. Forbes  United States Navy American Civil War: The screw steamer was driven ashore south on the coast of North Carolina off Currituck Inlet in a gale. After the screw steamer USS Young America ( United States Navy) took off her crew, R. B. Forbes was burned to prevent her capture by Confederate forces.

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1862
Ship Country Description
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).[1][2]

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1862
Ship Country Description
Cantabria  Belgium The vessel foundered off San Sebastián de La Gomera, Canary Islands.[8]
Victoria & Albert  United Kingdom The schooner foundered on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[9]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Congress  United States Navy
1887 illustration of USS Congress′s magazine exploding.
American Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads: The sailing frigate ran aground in Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia, while in combat with the casemate ironclad Virginia ( Confederate States Navy) and five other ships. Set afire by gunfire from Virginia, her magazine exploded and she burned down to the waterline with the loss of 120 lives. Her hulk was raised in September 1865 and sold for demolition.
USS Cumberland  United States Navy
Wreck of USS Cumberland, 1862 watercolor.
American Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads: The sailing frigate was rammed and sunk by the casemate ironclad Virginia ( Confederate States Navy) in Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia.

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS George Page  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was burned by her crew on the Potomac River in Virginia in the vicinity of Quantico Creek to prevent her capture by Union forces.[10]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Whitehall  United States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an accidental flash fire at the mouth of Hampton Roads off Old Point Comfort, Virginia.[1][2]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1862
Ship Country Description
George Washington  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned in the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina by an armed boat expedition from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]
Mart Louisa  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop was burned in the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina by an armed boat expedition from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1862
Ship Country Description
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was destroyed in the Santee River in South Carolina by a boat party from the bark USS Restless ( United States Navy).[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1862
Ship Country Description
Camilla
(possibly renamed Memphis)		  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The yacht was scuttled in Dunns Creek near Crescent City, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[1] She later was raised and repaired.

April

2 April

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1862
Ship Country Description
Columbia  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, carrying a cargo of cotton, was destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas near San Luis Pass by a launch from the screw steamer USS Montgomery ( United States Navy).[1]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Grampus  Confederate States Army American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The sternwheel paddle steamer was scuttled in the Mississippi River between New Madrid, Missouri, and Lake County, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS New Orleans  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten: The floating battery was scuttled in the Mississippi River between New Madrid, Missouri, and Lake County, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
Sweepstakes  United States The clipper ran aground in the Sunda Straits in the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated later that day but was declared a constructive total loss and was sold in Batavia, Java, for scrap.

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1862
Ship Country Description
Liverpool  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Keystone State ( United States Navy), the blockade runner ran aground outside North Inlet, South Carolina, and was destroyed by her crew.[1]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Bienville  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat was destroyed by her officers on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[11]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Belle Algerine  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The gunboat was rammed and sunk on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, by the gunboat CSS Governor Moore ( Confederate States Navy).[12]
CSS General Breckinridge  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sternwheel ram was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[13]
CSS General Lovell  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The sidewheel ram was burned by her crew on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[14]
CSS General Quitman  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was burned on the Mississippi River in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[15]
CSS Governor Moore  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The gunboat was disabled by gunfire from United States Navy warships on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. She drifted ashore with 64 dead. Her surviving crew set her on fire to prevent her capture by Union forces, and she exploded when the flames reached her ammunition magazine.
CSS Manassas  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The ironclad warship was forced aground by the sidewheel paddle frigate USS Mississippi ( United States Navy) on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Her crew abandoned ship, and heavy gunfire from Mississippi set her ablaze. She slipped off the bank, drifted downstream, and exploded.
Sweepstakes  United States The clipper ran aground in the Sunda Straits in the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated later that day but was declared a constructive total loss and was sold in Batavia, Java, for scrap.
USS Varuna  United States Navy
Line engraving of USS Varuna sinking, published ca. the 1860s.
American Civil War, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: The steamship sank in the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, after being rammed by the steamer CSS Governor Moore and the cottonclad sidewheel ram CSS Stonewall Jackson (both  Confederate States Navy).

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Mississippi  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad warship was burned at New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
Pioneer  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The submarine was scuttled in the New Basin Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[1]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Defiance  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was burned on the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Bienville  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete sidewheel gunboat was burned on the Bogue Falaya River at Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[16][17]
CSS Carondelet  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The steamer was burned on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.[18]
CSS Jackson  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat was burned at or near New Orleans, Louisiana, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1862
Ship Country Description
Sarah  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the clipper USS Onward ( United States Navy), the schooner, a blockade runner, ran aground at Bulls Bay, South Carolina, and subsequently destroyed by her crew to avoid her capture by Onward.[1]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1862
Ship Country Description
Beauregard  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The schooner, carrying a cargo of coal, was burned by Union forces at Ragged Island on the James River in Virginia.[1]
Champion  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sloop, loaded with Confederate States Army stores, was captured and burned on the York River near Gloucester Point, Virginia, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Corwin ( United States Navy).[1]
General Scott  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The guard boat, loaded with Confederate States Army stores, was captured and burned on the York River near Gloucester Point, Virginia, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Corwin ( United States Navy).[1]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Cincinnati  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Plum Point Bend: The casemate ironclad sank in shallow water in the Mississippi River near Fort Pillow Tennessee, after being rammed by the ram CSS General Bragg ( Confederate States Navy).[1] She was reloated, repaired, and returned to service.
CSS Fulton  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was burned by Confederate forces while laid up at the Pensacola Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida, to prevent her capture by Union forces.
CSS Germantown  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The floating battery was filled and sand and sunk as a blockship in the Elizabeth River in Virginia by Confederate forces. Union forces refloated her in April 1863.[19]
USS Mound City  United States Navy American Civil War, Battle of Plum Point Bend: The casemate ironclad ran herself aground in the Mississippi River near Fort Pillow Tennessee, to avoid sinking after being rammed by the ram CSS General Earl Van Dorn ( Confederate States Navy).[1] She was reloated, repaired, and returned to service.
CSS Plymouth  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sloop-of-war was scuttled at the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia to prevent her capture by Union forces.

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Virginia  Confederate States Navy
Currier and Ives lithograph of the scuttling of CSS Virginia
American Civil War: The casemate ironclad was scuttled by exploding her black powder magazine in Hampton Roads off Craney Island, Virginia, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Jamestown  Confederate States Navy
A Matthew Brady photograph of the wreck of CSS Jamestown.
American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer, also known as CSS Thomas Jefferson, was scuttled as a blockship in the James River at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS United States  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The receiving ship, also known unofficially as CSS Confederate States, was scuttled as a blockship in the Elizabeth River in Virginia.

June

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Arrow  Confederate States Army American Civil War: The gunboat was burned on the West Pearl River in Louisiana to prevent her capture by Union forces.

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Tennessee  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The incomplete ironclad ram was burned prior to launching at Memphis, Tennessee, to prevent her capture by Union forces.

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Colonel Lovell  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: The cottonclad ram sank in the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, after being rammed by the sidewheel rams Queen of the West and Monarch (both  United States Army).
CSS General Beauregard  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: The cottonclad ram exploded and sank with heavy loss of life in the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, after a shot by the casemate ironclad USS Benton ( United States Army) hit her boiler, scalding many of her crew. Her survivors were taken prisoner by Benton and the sidewheel ram USS Monarch ( United States Army)
CSS General Bragg  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: The cottonclad ram ran aground in the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, and was captured by Union forces. She was refloated, repaired, and placed in service as USS General Bragg ( United States Navy)
CSS General M. Jeff Thompson  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: Heavily damaged by shell hits and burning, the cottonclad ram ran aground in the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, and was abandoned by her crew. She burned to the waterline and exploded when the flames detonated her ammunition magazine.
CSS General Sterling Price  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: The cottonclad ram sank on a sandbar in the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, after colliding with the ram CSS General Beauregard ( Confederate States Navy) and being rammed by the casemate ironclad USS Benton ( United States Army). She was seized by Union forces, raised, repaired, and placed in service as USS General Price ( United States Navy).[20]
CSS General Sumter  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: Badly damaged, the cottonclad ram ran aground on the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, and was captured by Union forces. She was refloated, repaired, and placed in service as USS Sumter ( United States Navy).
CSS Little Rebel  Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: Hit in her boilers by gunfire from the casemate ironclad USS Carondelet ( United States Army), the cottonclad ram was rammed and driven ashore by the sidewheel ram USS Monarch ( United States Army) ≈on the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, Abandoned by her surviving crew, she was captured by Union forces, refloated, repaired, and placed in service as USS Little Rebel ( United States Navy).

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Sereta  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was burned by the gunboat USS Penobscot ( United States Navy), which discovered her aground and abandoned off Shallotte Inlet, North Carolina.[1]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Eliza G.  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The steamer was scuttled as a blockship in the White River near St. Charles, Arkansas.[1][21]
Mary Patterson  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The steamer was scuttled as a blockship in the White River near St. Charles, Arkansas.[1][22]
CSS Maurepas  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The gunboat, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was scuttled as a blockship in the White River near St. Charles, Arkansas.[1][23]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Emily  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the screw steamers USS Mount Vernon, USS Mystic, and USS Victoria (all  United States Navy), the blockade runner ran aground while trying to enter port at Wilmington, North Carolina. A boat crew from Mount Vernon then boarded and destroyed her.[1]
CSS General Earl Van Dorn  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The sidewheel ram was burned on the Yazoo River off Liverpool, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by Union forces. She blew up when the flames reached her magazine.[1][24][25]
CSS General Polk  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The timberclad sidewheel gunboat was burned on the Yazoo River off Liverpool, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[25]
CSS Livingston  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The screw gunboat was burned on the Yazoo River off Liverpool, Mississippi, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[25][26]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Modern Grace  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Cambridge, the blockade runner, carrying a cargo of rifled cannon, other weapons, and gunpowder, ran aground while trying to enter port at Wilmington, North Carolina. Cambridge then destroyed her.[1]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Capitol  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer burned on the Yazoo River at Liverpool, Mississippi.[27]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Ann'  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of gunpowder and musket caps, the steamer ran aground on the coast of Alabama at the mouth of Mobile Bay. After Confederate forces salvaged some of her cargo, she drifted free of the shore on 30 June and was captured by Union forces.[28]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1862
Ship Country Description
Thomas Snook  United Kingdom The brig collided with the vessel City of Carlisle (flag unknown) in the English Channel off Hastings, England, with the loss of her master and two other members of her crew.[29]

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1862
Ship Country Description
Monte Christo  Confederate States of America =American Civil War: The schooner was burned by the Confederates at Lamar, Texas, to prevent her capture by Union forces.[30]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1862
Ship Country Description
Johanna Wagner  Prussia The barque was wrecked at Strandfontein, South Africa, with no loss of life.

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Sallie Wood  United States Navy American Civil War: Disabled by Confederate artillery fire from Argyle Landing, Mississippi, and Island No. 82 in the Mississippi River, the troop transport ran aground on Island No. 82 and was abandoned by her passengers and crew under Confederate shelling. Confederate forces then stripped and burned her.[30]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1862
Ship Country Description
Lord of the Isles  United Kingdom The clipper burned in the South China Sea at either 12°13′N 114°50′E / 12.217°N 114.833°E / 12.217; 114.833 (Lord of the Isles) or 12°13′N 115°50′E / 12.217°N 115.833°E / 12.217; 115.833 (Lord of the Isles) during a voyage from Hong Kong from Greenock, Scotland. All 30 people on board made Macao in the ship’s boats despite being boarded twice by pirates.[31]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1862
Ship Country Description
Louisa Reed  United States American Civil War: Confederate forces boarded and burned the schooner in the James River in Virginia.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1862
Ship Country Description
Capitol  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer, damaged by fire at Liverpool, Mississippi, on 28 June, was sunk as a blockship in the Yazoo River in Mississippi.[27]

August

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS Arkansas  Confederate States Navy
Illustration of CSS Arkansas burning while under fire from USS Essex, Harper's Weekly, 6 September 1862.
American Civil War, Battle of Baton Rouge: The ironclad warship became disabled and ran aground while maneuvering to engage the ironclad river gunboat USS Essex ( United States Navy) in the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her crew set her on fire and abandoned ship, and she slipped off the river bank, drifted downstream, exploded, and sank at 30°29′14″N 91°12′5″W / 30.48722°N 91.20139°W / 30.48722; -91.20139 (CSS Arkansas).

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1862
Ship Country Description
Elma  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, also known as Major Minter, ran aground on the coast of Texas in Nueces Bay off Corpus Christi Bay. Confederate forces burned her on 12 August to prevent her capture by the bark USS Arthur ( United States Navy).[30][32]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1862
Ship Country Description
Breaker  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the schooner USS Corypheus ( United States Navy), the pilot boat was run ashore and set on fire by her crew on the coast of Texas in the vicinity of Pass Cavallo. Union forces salvaged and repaired her and placed her in use as a tender.[33]
Hannah  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop was burned by Confederate forces at Corpus Christi, Texas, to prevent her capture by the bark USS Arthur ( United States Navy).[30]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1862
Ship Country Description
A. B. (or A. Bee)  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer was burned by Confederate forces at the entrance to the Nueces River in Corpus Christi Bay at Corpus Christi, Texas, to prevent her capture by the bark USS Arthur ( United States Navy).[30]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1862
Ship Country Description
Swallow  United States American Civil War: The steamer was burned by Confederate forces while aground in the Mississippi River below Memphis, Tennessee.[30]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Adirondack  United States Navy American Civil War: The screw sloop-of-war was wrecked without loss of life on a reef off the northeast point of Man-O-War Cay in the Little Bahamas.[30]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Henry Andrew  United States Navy American Civil War: During a storm in the Atlantic Ocean, the screw steamer was driven ashore south of Cape Henry, Virginia, and wrecked without loss of life. She was not salvaged.
USS Isaac N. Seymour  United States Navy American Civil War, Union blockade: The paddle steamer ran aground and sank in the Neuse River in North Carolina. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[1]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1862
Ship Country Description
Yorktown  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer sprang a leak and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico off Ship Island, Mississippi, after leaving Mobile, Alabama, in an attempt to run the Union blockade and carry a cargo of cotton to Havana, Cuba.[30]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1862
Ship Country Description
Patriot  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The abandoned schooner, aground near Mosquito Inlet, Florida, was destroyed by the screw steamer USS South Carolina ( United States Navy).[30]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1862
Ship Country Description
W. B. Terry  United States American Civil War: The troop transport, carrying a cargo of coal, ran aground at Duck River Shoals on the Tennessee River. She was captured by Confederate States Army troops.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1862
Ship Country Description
Acacia  United States Army American Civil War: The troop transport was sunk.[34]

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Ocmulgee  United States American Civil War: The 454-ton whaler, a full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[30][35]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Starlight  United States American Civil War: The schooner, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Ocean Rover  United States American Civil War: The 313-ton whaler, a full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Alert  United States American Civil War: The 398-ton whaler, a bark, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]
Weather Gauge  United States American Civil War: The whaler, a schooner, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Altamaha  United States American Civil War: The 119-ton whaler, a brig, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Benjamin Tucker  United States American Civil War: The 349-ton whaler, a full-rigged ship, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Arctic  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned in the Great Wicomico River in Maryland by the gunboat USS Thomas Freeborn ( United States Navy).[30]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Courser  United States American Civil War: The 121-ton whaler was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Virginia  United States American Civil War: The 346-ton whaler was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Elisha Dunbar  United States American Civil War: The 346-ton whaler, a bark, was captured and burned in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1862
Ship Country Description
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the paddle steamers USS State of Georgia and USS Mystic (both  United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade, the schooner ran aground at New Inlet, North Carolina, after which State of Georgia and Mystic destroyed her.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1862
Ship Country Description
Curtis Peck  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk as a blockship in the James River below Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.[36]

October

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Brilliant  United States American Civil War: The 839-ton ship, carrying a cargo of flour and grain, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean near 40°00′N 50°00′W / 40.000°N 50.000°W / 40.000; -50.000 (Brilliant) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Dunkirk  United States American Civil War: The 293-ton brig was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]
Wave Crest  United States American Civil War: The 409-ton bark was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Blanche  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the screw steamer USS Montgomery ( United States Navy), the sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, ran aground at Marianao, Cuba, and a boat crew from Montgomery boarded and seized her. Soon afterward, while the boat crew attempted to refloat her, a fire broke out which destroyed her and her cargo.[30][37][38]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Manchester  United States American Civil War: The 1,062-ton vessel, carrying a cargo of grain, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Lamplighter  United States American Civil War: The 365-ton bark or brig (sources differ), carrying a cargo of tobacco, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Nova Scotia by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]
Lone Star  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The schooner was burned at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and steamer USS Kensington ( both  United States Navy).[30]
Stonewall  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The schooner was burned at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, by boat crews from the gunboat USS Rachel Seaman and steamer USS Kensington ( both  United States Navy).[30]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Minho  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer was wrecked just after departing Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina, while attempting to run the Union blockade.[30]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Bencoolen  United Kingdom Bencoolen wrecked at Bude, Cornwall, on 21 October 1862 with the loss of the lives of 27 of members of her 33-man crew.

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Adelaide  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The blockade runner, carrying a cargo of turpentine, cotton, and tobacco, was captured and destroyed at New Topsail Inlet off North Carolina, by the gunboat USS Ellis ( United States Navy).[30]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Lafayette  United States American Civil War: The 945-ton bark, carrying a cargo of corn, lard, and wheat, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Crenshaw  United States American Civil War: The 279-ton schooner, carrying a cargo of grain, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

27-28 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Lauretta  United States American Civil War: The 284-ton bark was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy) on either 27[35] or 28 October.[30]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1862
Ship Country Description
Alleghanian  United States American Civil War: The full-rigged ship, carrying a cargo of guano from Baltimore, Maryland, to London, England, was captured and burned while at anchor in the Chesapeake Bay off the mouth of the Rappahannock River, Virginia, by a Confederate States Navy boarding party.[30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
Ship Country Description
Alderman Thompson  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Cardigan, Wales. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec, British North America, to Cardigan.[3]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1862
Ship Country Description
CSS A. B. Seagar  Confederate States of America American Civil War: Pursued by a United States Navy flotilla, the gunboat, also referred to as CSS Segar, CSS Seger, and CSS Segur, was run aground by her crew and abandoned on the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana near Berwick Bay. She was captured and placed in service by Union forces.[39]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Levi Starbuck  United States American Civil War: The 376-ton whaler was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Pathfinder  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: While attempting to run the Union blockade, the full-rigged ship was forced aground and destroyed at Shallotte Inlet, North Carolina, by the gunboat USS Penobscot ( United States Navy).[1]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Robert Wilbur  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was captured and burned in Nomini Creek off the Potomac River, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Jacob Bell ( United States Navy).[1]
Sophia  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: While attempting to run the Union blockade, the bark was forced aground and destroyed near Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina, by the screw steamers USS Daylight and USS Mount Vernon (both  United States Navy).[1]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1862
Ship Country Description
J. P Smith  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer was burned in Bayou Cheval, Louisiana, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Kinsman ( United States Navy) and the steamer Seger ( United States).[1]
Osprey  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: The steamer was burned in Bayou Cheval, Louisiana, by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Kinsman ( United States Navy) and the steamer Seger ( United States).[1]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Thomas B. Wales  United States American Civil War: The 599-ton ship, carrying jute, linseed, and 1,704 bags of saltpeter, was captured and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Bermuda by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1862
Ship Country Description
F. W. Pindar  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboat USS Cambridge ( United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade, the schooner ran aground at Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina. A boat crew from Cambridge then burned F. W. Pindar. On its way back to Cambridge, the boat was swamped, and its crew was captured by Confederate forces.[1]
Unidentified schooner  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the gunboats USS Kanawha and USS Kennebec (both  United States Navy) while attempting to run the Union blockade, the schooner was run aground and destroyed by her crew on the coast of Alabama near Mobile.[30]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Ann Maria  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: While attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt, flour, sugar, and lard, the schooner was forced aground and destroyed near Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina, by the screw steamer USS Monticello ( United States Navy).[1]
Ariel  United Kingdom American Civil War, Union blockade: While attempting to run the Union blockade with a cargo of salt, flour, sugar, and lard, the schooner was forced aground and destroyed near Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina, by the screw steamer USS Monticello ( United States Navy).[1]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Hawk  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore north of Southwold, Suffolk, England.[4]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Ellis  United States Navy American Civil War: After running aground in New River Inlet at Jacksonville, North Carolina, the previous day, the gunboat was set on fire by her crew to prevent her capture by Confederate forces and wwas destroyed by the explosion of her ammunition magazines.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1862
Ship Country Description
Parker Cook  United States American Civil War: The 136-ton bark, carrying a cargo of pork, beef, butter, cheese, and bread, was captured and burned near the Leeward Islands by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy).[35][30]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
Ship Country Description
Flycatcher (or Fly Catcher)  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The screw steamer was sunk as a blockship in the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana by Confederate forces.[40]
Harry King  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk, England.[4]
USS Mingo  United States Navy American Civil War: The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River off Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at 37°18′54″N 89°30′32″W / 37.315°N 89.509°W / 37.315; -89.509 (USS Mingo (1862)).

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1862
Ship Country Description
Queen of the Bay  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Chased by boats from the gunboat USS Sachem ( United States Navy) while taking depth soundings in Corpus Christi Pass off Corpus Christi, Texas, the steamer ran aground on Padre Island. Her crew then prevented her from being captured by driving off the boats with small arms fire.[1]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1862
Ship Country Description
Unidentified vessels  Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Boats from the sidewheel paddle steamers USS General Putnam and USS Mahaska (both  United States Navy) destroyed two sloops and a schooner in branches of the Severn River in Maryland.[1]

12 December

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1862
Ship Country Description
Countess of Lisburn  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Cardigan, Wales. Her three crew were rescued by the Cardigan Lifeboat ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1862
Ship Country Description
Champion  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. All ten people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire, England.[9]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1862
Ship Country Description
USS Monitor  United States Navy
An 1863 engraving of USS Monitor sinking, with USS Rhode Island standing by.
American Civil War: The monitor foundered in a heavy storm in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of 16 crew while under tow by the sidewheel paddle steamer USS Rhode Island ( United States Navy).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1862
Ship Country Description
Damascus  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The vessel was sunk as a blockship in the James River below Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, in late 1862.[41]
Dunbar  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The steamer was sunk in Cypress Creek along the Tennessee River to prevent her capture by Union forces after the surrender of Fort Henry, Tennessee, to Union forces on 6 February 1862.[42]
USS Noble  United States American Civil War: The bark was scuttled as a blockship near Savannah, Georgia, as part of the Stone Fleet in early 1862.
Northampton  Confederate States of America American Civil War: The sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk as a blockship in the James River below Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, in the latter part of 1862.[43]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January-June 1862
  2. 1 2 3 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Sumter. 1861-1862. Captain Raphael Semmes"
  3. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Appleton Belle
  6. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Curlew
  7. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Appomattox
  8. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  9. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: George Page
  11. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Bienville
  12. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Belle Algerine
  13. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Breckinridge
  14. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Lovell
  15. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: General Quitman
  16. ↑ wrecksite.eu CSS Bienville (+1862)
  17. ↑ Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, p. 61.
  18. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command Ships Histories: Confederate Ships: Carondelet
  19. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Germantown
  20. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Sterling Price
  21. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Eliza G.
  22. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Mary Patterson
  23. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Maurepas
  24. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Earl Van Dorn
  25. 1 2 3 Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Polk
  26. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Livingston
  27. 1 2 Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Capitol
  28. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Dick Keys
  29. ↑ The National Archives: Forster v Brewer: the ship City of Carlisle . Appellants: John Forster, of London,...
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1862
  31. ↑ Lubbock, Basil (1919). The China Clippers (4th ed.). Glasgow: James Brown & Son. p. 127.
  32. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Elma
  33. ↑ [httpshttps://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/breaker.html Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Breaker]
  34. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Acacia
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log "Marauders of the Sea, Confederate Merchant Raiders During the American Civil War: CSS Alabama. 1862-1864. Captain Raphael Semmes"
  36. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Curtis Peck (side wheel steamer)
  37. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: General Rusk
  38. ↑ Anonymous, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, pp. 274-275.
  39. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: A. B. Seagar
  40. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Flycatcher
  41. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Damascus
  42. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Dunbar
  43. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Northampton

See also

Ship events in 1862
Ship launches: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
Ship commissionings: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
Ship decommissionings: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
Shipwrecks: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
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