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Colonel Long

Fishing Schooner · Lost 1861 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

The fishing schooner Colonel Long was captured and scuttled off Georgia in September 1861.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Colonel Long was a fourteen-ton fishing schooner out of Miami. Gaines records a crew of eight and a cargo of whiskey, arrowroot and sponges. USS Jamestown captured her and scuttled her off the Georgia coast on September 4, 1861. Her construction and individual wreck position are not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 14 tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 4, 1861
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off the Georgia coast
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: One barrel of whiskey, a few bags of arrowroot and a bag of sponges
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

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

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Not established
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)

Exact position, present depth and surviving condition are not established in the reviewed sources.

W. Craig Gaines — Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks (LSU Press, 2008)
Individual Colonel Long entry: fishing schooner, fourteen tons, eight crew, Miami origin, cargo, capture and completed September 4, 1861 scuttling; entry cites ORN 6:166–167.