Derelicts: An Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic / And a Brief History of Blockade Runners Stranded Along the North Carolina Coast, 1861-1865

Abaco Light, Federal ships stationed near, 144.

Ada Iredale (Annie Johnson), derelict merchant ship, 5, 6.

Adair, Capt. W.F., blockade runner Antonica, 107.

Advance, blockade runner, ix.

Agnes E. Fry, steamer, 241.

Alapaha, steamer, 45.

Albemarle, Confederate ram, Captain Maffitt ordered to take charge of, 266;
paper by Captain Maffitt on building of, 202.

Albert, U.S.S., 26.

Alexander, Captain, Confederate States Signal Corps, 191.

Allingham, William, quoted, 2-14.

Alma Cumming, derelict merchant ship, 8.

Alonzo, blockade runner, ix.

Amalco, U.S.S., log of gives last information concerning U.S.S. Cyclops, 28, 29.

Antonica,[7] derelict blockade runner, 107-109.

Arabian, derelict blockade runner, 90.

Aries, U.S.S. blockader, 98, 99, 104.

Arizona, steamship, damage to, 35.

Atlantic, blockade runner, change of name, 61.


Badger, derelict blockade runner, 102, 109, 110.

Badham, Captain, Confederate service, 59.

Bahnson, Captain, Confederate service, 59.

Bald Head, wrecks near, 58.

Banshee, derelict blockade runner, first steel vessel to cross Atlantic, 66, 83, 85, 160.

Banshee, Number 2, blockade runner, 127.

Bat, blockade runner, 102.

Beaufort, N.C., held by Federals, 93, 226.

Beery, Benjamin, 168.

Bendigo, derelict blockade runner, 105, 106.

Bergitte, derelict merchant ship, 7.

Bermuda, Federal spies in, 276.

Bertholf, Commodore E.P., letter by, 18-20.

Bier, Capt. George H., blockade runner Dee, 81.

Blake, Capt. Eugene, jr., U.S.S. Seminole, official report by, 42-47.

Blockade, Federal, effectiveness of, xii.

Blockaders, names of:
Aries, 98, 99, 104;
Boston, 203;
Cambridge, 60, 81;
Cherokee, 133;
Connecticut, 103, 104;
Daylight, 98, 99, 106;
Fahkee, 106;
Florida, 54, 55, 56, 76,252;
Fort Jackson, 103, 106;
Gettysburg, 203;
Glaucus, ix;
Governor Buckingham, 98, 99, 107;
Howquah, 79;
Iron Age, 87, 106;
James Adger, 195;
Keystone State, ix, 99, 134, 198, 203;
Minnesota, 91;
Montgomery, 104, 106;
Nansemond, 62, 80, 85, 86;
New Berne, 133, 139, 142;
Niphon, 84, 86, 90, 91, 137, 138, 143;
Penobscot, 119;
Quaker City, 99, 102, 133;
Sassacus, 82, 83;
Shenandoah, 94, 141;
Shokokon, 91;
Stars and Stripes, 60;
Tuscarora, 79, 99;
stations of, 57, 224.

Blockade runners, advantages of Wilmington, N.C., as port for, 94, 223;
cargoes of, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 103, 108, 118, 133, 138, 141, 144, 148, 170, 173, 219;
Halifax, N.S., rendezvous of blockade runners escaping from Federal prisons, 38;
losses through destruction of, 52;
number of (1863), 88, 89;
number of wrecks on Cape Fear coast of, 51-152;
type of construction of, 87, 105, 106, 107, 120, 130, 131, 265, 266.

Blockade running, advantages of North Carolina coast for, 57;
effect of Gulf Stream on, 225, 226;
methods of, 57.

Bonneau, Capt. F.N., blockade runner Ella and Annie, quoted, 142;
rams U.S.S. Niphon, 137, 140, 143.

Boston, U.S. blockader, 203.

Braine, Lieut.-Commander D.L., U.S.S. Monticello, official report by, 167-170.

Breck, Acting Master J.B., U.S.S. Niphon, official reports by, 140-143.

Brown, Governor Joseph (Georgia), part owner of blockade runner Florie, 109.

Brunswick, N.C. (colonial), 169, 284.

Bulldog, British gunboat, 218.

Burgoyne, Capt. Hugh, loses life on British man-of-war Captain, runs the blockade, 160, 163, 165.

Burroughs, Captain, blockade runner North Heath, 112-114;
Cornubia, 192, 193.

Butler's powder ship, 162.


Cambridge, U.S.S. blockader, 60, 81.

Camp Brown, fort, location of, 169.

Cantwell, Edward, 63.

Cape Fear, derelict blockade runner, 112.

Cape Fear blockade, accounts of, 57-59, 224, 225.

Cape Fear River, approaches to, 223, 266;
forts on, 169.

Capper, Captain, blockade runner, 67, 70, 71.

Captain, man-of-war, capsizing of, 33, 165.

Carolina Beach, wrecks near, 79.

Caswell, Fort, 57, 61, 65, 72, 73, 102, 103, 116, 117, 118, 135, 174, 210, 266.

Celestina, derelict merchant ship, 10, 11.

C.E. Morrison, derelict merchant ship, 10.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, quoted, 2-14, 250-262.

Chameleon, blockade runner, xii.

Cherokee, U.S.S. blockader, 133.

Chickamauga, Confederate warship, 38.

City of Boston, lost liner, 22, 24.

City of Glasgow, lost liner, 24.

City of Paris, steamship, damage to, 32, 33.

Clark, Chief Justice Walter, mentioned, ix;
quoted, xi, xii.

Clitz, Commander J.M.B., U.S.S. gunboat Penobscot, official report by, 171.

Clover, Admiral Richardson, U.S. hydrographer, 4.

Coamo, steamer, aid in rescue of steamer Korona by, 43.

Coast Guard, U.S., coast service of in derelict destruction, 20;
intended international service of in derelict destruction, 19;
rescue service of, 41-49.

Condor, British gunboat, lost, 24.

Condor, derelict blockade runner, 127, 131, 152.

Confederacy, lack of navy by, x, xi;
several times on eve of success, xi.

Confederate flag, experiences of Captain Whiting with, 216, 217;
meeting of the Lilian at sea with, 278.

Confederate Government, need of powder by, 241;
purchase of Virginia by, 112;
purchase of Cornubia by, 192;
purchase of Douro by, 79;
purchase of Giraffe by, 191;
seizure of North Heath by, 114.

Confederate money, depreciation of, 174, 175, 228.

Confederate Navy Department, orders to Capt. John N. Maffitt by, 110, 111, 212.

Confederate States, commissariat of sustained by blockade runners, 53.

Confederate States Signal Corps, work of, 189-198.

Confederate steamers, attempts of fanatics to destroy, 277.

Connecticut, U.S.S., blockader, 103.

Contrabands, intelligent, information secured from, 109, 167-175.

Cornubia, derelict blockade runner, 112, 137, 191-195.
See also Lady Davis.

Coxetter, Captain, blockade runner Antonica, 108;
Fannie and Jennie, 54, 55.

Craig, Rev. James William, Cape Fear pilot, 95, 267, 268, 283.

Crosby, Capt. Peirce, U.S.S. Florida, 54, 56, 76, 77;
U.S.S. Keystone State, 203.

Cushing, Lieut. W.B., U.S.S. Shokokon, 91.

Cyclops, U.S.S. collier, loss of, 25-29.


Dare, derelict blockade runner, 104, 105.

David G. Worth, lost freighter, 21.

Davis, Hon. George, Attorney-General of the Confederacy, quoted, 53.

Davis, President Jefferson, commissioners sent to England by, xi;
issue of thanksgiving proclamation by, 173.

Daylight, U.S.S. blockader, 98, 99, 106.

Dee, derelict blockade runner, 81, 82.

Delhi, steamship, stranding of, 33.

Derelict blockade runners, accounts of, 51-153.

Derelict blockade runners, accounts of individual ships:
Antonica, 107-109;
Badger, 109, 110;
Banshee, 83-85;
Bendigo, 105, 106;
Cape Fear, 112;
Cornubia, 191-195;
Dare, 104, 105;
Dee, 81, 82;
Don, 81;
Douro, 79, 80;
Elizabeth, 61, 62;
Ella, 57-59;
Ella and Annie, 136-143;
Emily of London, 55, 56;
Fannie and Jennie, 53-55;
Florie, 109;
General Beauregard, 78, 79;
Georgiana McCaw, 62-66;
Hebe, 90-93;
Kate, 114-118;
Kate, second, 118, 119;
Lynx, escape of, 95-97;
Modern Greece, 59-61;
Night Hawk, 119-130;
North Heath, 112-114;
Nutfield, 82, 83;
Phantom, 103, 104;
Pevensey, 131-136;
Ranger, 97-100, 101-102;
Spunkie, 102, 103;
Venus, 85-88;
Vesta, 97, 100, 101;
Wild Dayrell, 72-78.

Derelict destroyers, 7.

Derelict merchant ships, accounts of individual ships:
Ada Iredale (Annie Johnson), 6;
Alma Cumming, 8;
Birgitte, 7;
Celestina, 10, 11;
C.E. Morrison, 10;
Drisko, 14;
Duncow, 6;
Falls of Afton, 6;
Fannie E. Wolston, 16, 17;
Glenalvon, 9;
Korea, 9;
L.E. Cann, 9, 10;
Louise, 8;
Marie Celeste, 11;
Resolute, H.M.S., 13, 14;
Savannah, 41;
Siddartha, 7;
Vila, 10;
W.L. White, 5.

Derelicts, accounts of, 1-17;
drift of, 5, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17;
failure to destroy, 1, 2;
fictitious accounts of, 11-13;
life of, 4, 5, 6, 8;
number of, 3, 4;
United States destruction of asked by international agreement, 18, 19.

DeRosset, Doctor, 62.

DeRosset, Mrs. A.J., work for convalescent soldiers by, 229.

Deserters, condition of, 175;
treatment of, 230, 231.

Devens, Lieut. Edward F., U.S.S. Aries, official report by, 100, 101.

Diamond Shoals, buoy at, 43.

Dispatch, blockade runner, 66.

Doggett, Lieutenant, Confederate States Signal Corps, 192.

Don, derelict blockade runner, 81, 164, 177.

Douro, derelict blockade runner, 62, 79, 80, 87, 90.

Doyle, Capt. Austin, British steamer Korona, 47.

Drisko, derelict merchant ship, 14.

Duncow, derelict merchant ship, 6.


Ella, derelict blockade runner, 57-59.

Ella and Annie, blockade runner, capture of, 136, 137, 143;
named changed, 137.

Elizabeth, derelict blockade runner, 61, 62, 106.

Emily of London, derelict blockade runner, 55, 56.

Emily St. Pierre, British ship, account of, 250-262.

Etruria, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

Eugénie, blockade runner, ix, 240, 241.

Everson, Acting Master, U.S.S. Victoria, official report by, 64-66.


Fahkee, U.S.S. blockader, 106.

Falcon, blockade runner, 131.

Falls of Afton, derelict merchant ship, 6.

Fannie and Jessie, derelict blockade runner, 53-55, 56.

Fannie E. Wolston, derelict merchant ship, 16, 17.

Fayetteville, N.C., making of arms and ammunition at, 169.

Fisher, Fort, 54, 57, 60, 61, 68, 74, 78, 80, 83, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 112, 114, 120, 141, 157, 161, 162, 173, 174, 175, 192, 209, 224, 231, 263, 266.

Flamingo, blockade runner, 131.

Flora, blockade runner, 196.

Florida, U.S.S., blockader, 54, 55, 56, 76, 252.

Florida, Confederate ship, captured by U.S.S. Wachusetts, 278;
cruise of, 202, 277;
failure of Commander Preble to capture, 205-208;
formerly Oreto, 215;
meets Lilian on high seas, 277, 278;
remarkable escape into Mobile Bay, 205-207.

Florie, derelict blockade runner, 109.

Fort Jackson, U.S.S., blockader, 103, 106.

Forts, see Camp Brown, Caswell, Fisher, Mount Tirza, St. Philip.

Foster, Capt. James, U.S.S. James Adger, 195.

Fraser, Trenholm & Company, owners of Emily St. Pierre, 251.

Fry, Capt. Joseph, in command of Agnes E. Fry, 241;
Eugénie, 240;
Confederate gunboat Morgan, 241;
Virginius, 241;
sketch of life and death of, 239-244.

Frying Pan Shoals, buoy at, 46;