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The list of shipwrecks in July 1864 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1864.
1 July
3 July
4 July
7 July
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1864
Ship
State
Description
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
9 July
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1864
Ship
State
Description
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
Ship
State
Description
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
18 July
21 July
23 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1864
Ship
State
Description
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
29 July
30 July
31 July
Unknown date
References
Notes
^ a b c d e f g 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"
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, July-December 1864
^ a b Gaines, p. 22.
^ Gaines, p. 109.
^ wrecksite.eu SS Locust Point (+1864)
^ Gaines, p. 99.
^ Gaines, p. 167.
^ Gaines, p. 170.
^ Gaines, p. 72.
^ Gaines, p. 181.
^ a b Gaines, p. 78.
^ Gaines, p. 27.
^ Gaines, p. 147.
^ a b c Gaines, p. 79.
^ a b c Gaines, p. 92.
^ Gaines, p. 64.
^ Gaines, p. 93.
^ Gaines, p. 95.
^ Gaines, p. 15.
^ Gaines, p. 101.
^ Gaines, p. 103.
^ Gaines, p. 104.
^ Gaines, p. 162.
^ Gaines, p. 115.
^ Gaines, p. 183.
^ Gaines, p. 107.
^ a b Gaines, p. 29.
^ Gaines, p. 96.
^ Gaines, p. 137.
^ Gaines, p. 35.
^ Gaines, p. 68.
Bibliography
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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