George Washington
Schooner · Lost 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast
The schooner George Washington was captured, scuttled and burned in Bull’s Bay on March 27, 1862.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
George Washington was a Confederate schooner carrying rice, corn and rice meal. Boats from USS Restless captured her near the Cape Romain Light and Santee River in Bull’s Bay on March 27, 1862. Union sailors scuttled and burned the vessel. This record concerns the schooner, not the Army-chartered steamer of the same name lost in the Coosaw River in 1863.
Vessel
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Loss
- March 27, 1862
- Intentional sinking
- Near Cape Romain Light and Santee River, Bull’s Bay, South Carolina
- Bull’s Bay
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- 3,200 bushels of rice, 50 bushels of corn and 20 bushels of rice meal
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Cape Romain, South Carolina
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 Confederate schooner George Washington entry: rice/corn cargo, capture on March 27, 1862 near Cape Romain and the Santee River, completed scuttling and burning.
