Theodore Stoney
Blockade Runner · Confederate States · Lost 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast
A Confederate blockade-running steamer named for Charleston merchant Theodore Stoney, destroyed in Bull's Bay in 1862.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Theodore Stoney was a Confederate blockade-running steamer named for a prominent Charleston merchant family. She was destroyed in Bull's Bay, north of Charleston, in 1862 during Union efforts to suppress blockade-running traffic along the South Carolina coast. Details of her construction and the precise circumstances of her destruction 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.
