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

wrecks near, 107, 108.


Gale, Captain, blockade runner Lady Davis, 194, 195.

General Beauregard, derelict blockade runner, 78, 79.

Georgiana McCaw, derelict blockade runner, 62-66.

Gettysburg, U.S.S., blockader, 203.

Gift, Lieut. George W., blockade runner Ranger, 97;
official report by, 101, 102.

Giraffe, blockade runner, name changed, 226;
purchased by Confederate Government, 191.

Glenalvon, derelict merchant ship, 9.

Governor Buckingham, U.S.S., blockader, 98, 99, 107.

Greenhow, Mrs. Rose O'Neal, aid given Confederacy by, 148-153;
death of, 131, 153, 161;
imprisoned in Old Capitol Prison, 151.

Gregory, Frederick W., Confederate States Signal Corps, character of, 190;
mentioned, 187, 267, 269, 284;
quoted, 191-193, 194-200.

Grosvenor, Gilbert H., editor National Geographic Magazine, quoted, 14-17.

Gulf Stream, effect on blockade running, 225, 226.

Guthrie, Captain, 112.


Halifax, Nova Scotia, rendezvous of blockade runners escaping from Federal prisons, 38.

Hamilton, Prof. J.G. deRoulhac, v, 53.

Harris, Lieut. T.A., U.S.S. New Berne, official report by, 132-135.

Hebe, derelict blockade runner, 80, 87, 90-93.

Herring, Robert, Confederate States Signal Corps, 191.

Hewett, Admiral, British Navy, runs the blockade, 127, 131, 160, 163, 165.

Hobart, Captain, blockade runner Don, 81, 160, 163, 164, 177, 178.

Hobart Pasha. See Hobart, Captain.

Holcombe, Professor, rescued from drowning, 161.

Hone, Major, 187.

Horner, Captain, blockade runner Flora, 196.

Horner, Joseph, quoted, 21-25, 30-37.

Howquah, U.S.S., blockader, 79.

Huronian, lost liner, 24.

Hydrographic Office, U.S., work regarding derelicts, 4, 7, 16, 17.


Index, blockade runner, account of, 196, 197.

Integrity, finding of valuable derelict by, 9.

Intelligent contrabands. See Contrabands, intelligent.

Iron Age, U.S.S., blockader, 87, 106.

Ionian, steamer, damaged by collision with derelict, 9.


James Adger, U.S.S., blockader, capture of Emily St. Pierre by, 251, 252;
capture of Lady Davis by, 195.

James T. Petteway, Confederate transport, 118.

Jordan, Adj.-Gen. Thomas, Confederate Army, 149.


Kate, derelict blockade runner, 114-118, 120, 170, 173, 213, 214, 219.

Kate, second, derelict blockade runner, 118, 119.

Keystone State, U.S.S., blockader, 99, 134, 198, 203.

Korea, derelict merchant ship, 9.

Korona, British steamer, account of rescue by U.S.S. Seminole, 41-49;
aid of steamer Coamo in rescue of, 43;
letter of Alexander Sprunt & Son relative to rescue of, 47, 48;
letter of Franklin D. Roosevelt relative to rescue of, 48, 49.


Lady Davis, blockade runner, capture of, 194-196;
former name of, 112, 137.

Lamar, Col. C.A.L., part owner of blockade runner Florie, 109.

Lamb, Col. William, commander of Fort Fisher, 67, 69, 85, 93, 97, 157, 173, 193, 197, 231;
quoted, 157-163.

Lamb, Mrs. William, story of devotion of, 157-163.

Lamson, Lieutenant, U.S.S. Nansemond, official report by, 85-87.

Lancaster, finding of derelict by, 9.

Lawley, Francis C., correspondent of London Times, 160.

L.E. Cann, derelict merchant ship, 9, 10.

Lee, Gen. R.E., loss of gift sword for, 55.

Lee, Admiral S.P., U.S. Navy, commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 74, 78, 106, 135, 143;
official reports by, 98-100, 135, 136, 137-139.

Lights. See Range Lights.

Lilian, blockade runner, account of last successful run of, 263-285;
capture of, 38, 203;
chase of, 94, 95, 264, 265, 279-284;
mentioned, ix, 39, 177, 202;
quarantine experiences of, 181-188.

Loch Torridon, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

Lockwood, Capt. Thomas J., blockade runner Elizabeth, 61;
Kate, 115, 116, 117, 213.

Lockwood's Folly, wrecks near, 52, 61, 106.

London, sinking of, 22.

Long, Joseph Brown, 131, 134.

Lorraine, Sir Lambton, captain British man-of-war, Niobe, rescue of part of crew of steamer Virginius by, 244, 245.

Lost Liners, accounts of, 21-40;
financial losses by, 23;
number of, 22;
number of lives lost on, 23.

Lost liners, accounts of individual ships:
City of Boston, 22, 24;
City of Glasgow, 24;
Cyclops, 25-29;
David G. Worth, 21;
Huronian, 24;
Naronic, 24, 25;
Pacific, 22, 24, 35;
Pericles, 35;
President, 22, 23, 24;
Tempest, 24;
Thanemore, 22.

Louise, derelict merchant ship, 8.

Lumina, N.C., wreck near, 55.

Lynx, derelict blockade runner, 95-97, 102, 110.


McCaleb, Flora, 112.

McCrae, Lieut.-Col. John, quoted, vii.

McDonald, Captain, ship Storm King, 184, 185, 186, 188.

McDougal, George C., character of, 61;
mentioned, 115, 116, 118;
quoted, 213-219.

Macon, Fort, 134.

Maffitt, Eugene, 188.

Maffitt, Capt. John Newland, account of activities in Confederate Navy, 201-212;
attempts to enter forts taken by Federals, 209, 210;
character and ability of, 203, 204;
daring run of, 143-148; dispute with American consul at Nassau, 216;
finding of last port closed, 199, 201, 202;
in command of Lilian, 39, 266;
of Owl, xii, 110;
last voyage in command of Owl, 208-212;
mentioned, 109, 111;
orders to, 110, 212, 266;
paper on building of ram Albemarle, 202;
regard of Federal officers for, 203, 204;
remarkable run into Mobile Bay on Florida by, 205-207;
rescue of Spanish barque by, 145, 146;
takes charge of ram Albemarle, 266;
of Oreto (Florida), 215, 278.

Malingerers, stories about, 177-179.

Mallory, Hon. S.R., Secretary of Confederate Navy, mentioned, 276;
order by, 110, 111.

Malvern, U.S.S., blockader, 137.

Maratanza, U.S.S., blockader, 170, 171.

Margaret and Jessie, blockade runner, a normal experience of, 235-237.

Margaret and Jessie, U.S.S., former blockade runner, 137, 198.

Marie Celeste, derelict merchant ship, 11.

Mariner, tug, runs the blockade, 173, 174.

Marshall, Captain, blockade runner Index, 196, 197, 198.

Martin, Captain, blockade runner Susan Beirne, 199.

Martin, Alfred, 62.

Martin, E.S., 62, 63, 64, 210.

Mary Celeste, blockade runner, 219.

Masonboro Inlet, wrecks near, 56, 80, 81, 87, 90.

Masonboro Sound, wrecks near, 90.

Maury, Gen. Dabney H., 241.

Merrimac, Confederate ironclad, x.

Meteorological Office, British, work regarding derelicts, 4.

Minnesota, U.S.S., blockader, 91, 92, 102.

Modern Greece, derelict blockade runner, 59-61, 173.

Montgomery, U.S.S., blockader, 104, 106.

Morgan, Confederate gunboat, 241.

Morrelle, Doctor, 63.

Morris, Capt. Charles M., Confederate ship Florida, 278.

"Mound," Colonel Lamb erects, 231;
range lights on, 231-233.

Mount Tirza, Fort, location of, 169.

Munn, Captain, 91, 92.

Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, British Navy, 160, 164, 165, 166.


Nansemond, U.S.S., blockader, 62, 80, 86, 87.

Naronic, lost liner, 24, 25.

Narrative of a Blockade Runner, extracts from, 221-231.

Nassau, British port of blockade runners, 71, 79, 170, 237;
Federal spies in, 276;
incidents in, 213-219.

Naval History of the Civil War, extracts from, 203-207.

Navy, Federal, contribution to success of North in Civil War, x, xii.

Near derelict, account of, 143-148.

New Berne, N.C., 93.

New Berne, U.S.S., blockader, 133, 139, 142.

New Inlet, mentioned, 57, 60, 63, 80, 83, 90, 103, 119, 122, 138, 196;
wrecks near, 59, 152, 170.

Night Hawk, derelict blockade runner, 119-130, 152, 160.

Niobe, British man-of-war, rescue of part of crew of steamer Virginius by, 244-245.

Niphon, U.S.S., blockader, 84, 86, 90, 91, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143.

Normania, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

North American Blockading Squadron, 90.

North Carolina, Confederate gunboat, building of, 168.

North Carolina coast, advantages for blockade running, 57, 223.

Northfleet, sinking of, 22.

North Heath, derelict blockade runner, ix, 112-114.

Nutfield, derelict blockade runner, 82, 83.

Nutt, Henry, 63.


Old Capitol Prison, Mrs. Greenhow imprisoned in, 151.

Old Inlet, mentioned, 57.

Oreto. See Florida, Confederate ship.

Owl, blockade runner, 102, 199, 208-212.


Pacific, lost liner, 22, 24, 35.

Penobscot, U.S.S., blockader, 119, 171.

Pericles, steamship, destruction of, 35.

Peters, W.H.C., Confederate Government agent in Wilmington, 111.

Pevensey, derelict blockade runner, 131-136.

Phantom, derelict blockade runner, 90, 102, 103, 104.

Porcher, Doctor, 275.

Porter, Admiral David D., U.S. Navy, commander attacks on Fort Fisher, 162, 209;
quoted, 204-207.

Preble, Commander, U.S. Navy, failure to capture Confederate ship Florida, 205-208.

President, lost liner, 22, 23, 24.

Prioleau, Charles K., 262.

Ptarmigan, blockade runner, 131.


Quaker City, U.S.S., blockader, 99, 102, 133.

Quarantine experiences of blockade runner Lilian, 181-188.


Range lights, along Southern coast, 231;
on the "Mound," 231-233.

Ranger, derelict blockade runner, 97-100, 101, 102.

Reed, Captain, blockade runner Lynx, 95-97.

R.E. Lee, blockade runner, successful deception by, 226, 227.

Resolute (British), derelict merchant ship, 13, 14.

Ridgely, Captain, U.S.S. Shenandoah, 78.

Roberts, Captain. See Hobart.

Roberts, Lieutenant, captain of the President and the Sirius, 23.

Roe, Lieut.-Commander F.A., U.S.S. Sassacus, official report by, 75-78.

Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin D., letter relative to rescue of steamer Korona from, 48, 49;
order declaring Cyclops lost signed by, 29.

Rosario, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

Rouen, blockade runner, capture of, 198.

Royal Charter, sinking of, 22.

Russellboro, N.C. (colonial), 284.


St. Philip, Fort, location of, 169.

San Francisco, destruction of a derelict by, 14.

Sassacus, U.S.S., blockader, 74-77, 82, 83.

Savannah, derelict merchant ship, 41.

Scharf, Colonel, mentioned, 202;
quoted, 231.

Scipio, family servant, story of, 271-275, 285.

Scotch brig, story of capture in 1813, 247-249.

Seddon, Hon. James A., Confederate Secretary of War, 91, 93.

Seminole, U.S.S., rescue work of, 41-49.

Semmes, Captain, mentioned, 203, 204.

Shenandoah, U.S.S., blockader, abstract log of, 264, 265;
chases Lilian, 78, 94, 95;
mentioned, 141.

Ships, causes of destruction of, 30-40;
damage by tidal waves to, 36, 37;
malicious destruction of, 9, 10, 37-40.

Shokokon, U.S.S., blockader, 91.

Siddartha, derelict barque, 7.

Sirius, first English-owned steamer to cross Atlantic, 23.

Smith, Capt. C.G., quoted, 235-237.

Smith's Island, 223.

Smithville, N.C. See Southport, N.C.

Southern Historical Papers, extracts from, 157-163.

Southport, N.C., mentioned, 223, 230;
wrecks near, 115.

Spanish barque, rescue by Captain Maffitt of, 145, 146.

Spanish Government, recognition of American rights to steamer Virginius by, 246.

Spies, Federal, in Bermuda and Nassau, 276.

Sprunt, Alexander, 63.

Sprunt, Alexander & Son, letter relative to rescue of steamer Korona from, 47, 48.

Spunkie, derelict blockade runner, 102, 103.

Stars and Stripes, U.S.S., blockader, 60.

Steele, Captain, blockade runner Banshee, 84;
mentioned, 74, 163.

Storm King, 184, 185.

Stubbs, Captain, blockade runner Kate, second, 118.

Susan Beirne, blockade runner, ix, 199.


Tallahassee, Confederate warship, 38.

Taylor, Thomas E., escapes from Federal captors, 160, 161;
mentioned, 153;
quoted, 67-74, 83-85, 120-130, 163-166.

Tempest, lost liner, 24.

Terry, General, commands land attack on Fort Fisher, 209.

Thanemore, lost liner, 22.

Three-funnel boats, account of, 130, 131.

Tidal waves, ships damaged by, 36, 37.