AH-WR-1733

Elizabeth

Schooner · Lost 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Boats from USS Restless sank the rice-carrying schooner Elizabeth in Bull’s Bay in February 1862.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Elizabeth was a Confederate schooner carrying 1,800 bushels of rice. Boats from USS Restless sank her in Bull’s Bay, South Carolina, on February 14, 1862. The reviewed entry establishes the loss but gives no construction particulars or precise position. This schooner is distinct from the Fire Island bark (or barque) and the Lockwood’s Folly blockade runner named Elizabeth.

Vessel

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

Loss

Date: February 14, 1862
Cause: Enemy action
Location: Bull’s Bay, South Carolina
Water: Bull’s Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: 1,800 bushels of rice
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: Cape Romain, South Carolina
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (82/100)

Exact wreck position, depth, present condition and casualty totals are not established in the reviewed account.

W. Craig Gaines — Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks (LSU Press, 2008)
Individual Elizabeth entry in South Carolina chapter: Confederate schooner carrying rice, completed sinking by USS Restless boats in Bull’s Bay on February 14, 1862.