Edisto
Blockade Runner · Confederate States · Lost 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast
A Confederate blockade-running steamer destroyed alongside Theodore Stoney in Bull's Bay in 1862.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Edisto was a Confederate blockade-running steamer operating out of Charleston, South Carolina. She was destroyed in Bull's Bay in 1862, in the same Union operation that claimed the steamer Theodore Stoney. Details of her construction and ownership are incompletely recorded.
Vessel
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Loss
- May 1, 1862
- Enemy action
- Bull's Bay, South Carolina
- Bull's Bay
- Charleston, South Carolina
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Bull's Bay, South Carolina
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (35/100)
Builder, dimensions, and precise date of loss are not established in the sources reviewed.
South Carolina coastal Civil War records
Loss location in Bull's Bay and approximate date, paired loss with Theodore Stoney.
