Steamer Quinebaug ~ 20 July 1865

NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM

Beaufort, NC

www.ncmaritimemuseum.org

Portion of Colton's 1864 Map
Showing Vicinity of Incident

On this day in 1865 the steamer Quinebaug is lost east of Beaufort Inlet at Shackleford Banks. She was carrying soldiers and horses from the 76th Pennsylvania Regiment. Lost were thirty two men, the survivors were taken to Beaufort on board the schooner Benjamin Adams and a federal gunboat.