AH-WR-0579

Anna Dale

Schooner · Confederate States · Lost 1865 · Texas & the Western Gulf

A Confederate armed schooner captured off Pass Cavallo by a Union boat party in the war's last winter, then burned to keep her from being retaken.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Anna Dale, a small armed schooner operated by Confederate forces along the Texas coast under Master J. E. Stevenson, was captured near Pass Cavallo, Texas, by a boarding party from USS Pinola on February 17-18, 1865. Rather than risk her recapture, the Union party set her on fire on February 18, 1865, just months before the war's end. One of her guns was later recognized by Union officers as having originated from the earlier-captured schooner USS Velocity, though how it came to be transferred was never explained in the records.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 70
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Confederate forces on the Texas coast

Loss

Date: February 18, 1865
Cause: Enemy action
Location: Pass Cavallo, Texas
Water: Matagorda Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Master J. E. Stevenson

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 28.38° N 96.38° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Pass Cavallo, Calhoun County, Texas
Region: Texas & the Western Gulf

General area only: coordinate of Pass Cavallo, the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, not a surveyed wreck position.