1865 — ~Oct 24, Steamer D. H. Mount lost, gale?, Atlantic, south of Cape Hatteras, NC– 24

— 24 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 114.
— 24 Gaines. Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. Louisiana State Univ. Press, 2008, p. 13.
— 24 Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the [U.S.] 1807-1868. 1952, p. 264.
— 24 Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours. 1977, p. 685.
— 24 Singer, S. D. Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing (2nd Ed.), 1998, p. 223.

Narrative Information

Lytle and Holdcamper: “D. H. Mount…321 [tons]…foundered…10-23-1865…Cape Hatteras-Jacksonville, Fla. …24 [lives lost].” (Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. 1952, p. 264.)

Singer: “D.H. Mount – Steamer, 321 tons, built in 1863 at Bound Brook, N.J. Foundered on a voyage from Cape Hatteras bound for Jacksonville, Oct. 23, 1865. Twenty-four lives lost. Possible Florida wreck.” (Singer 1998, 223; cites Lytle, William M. and Forest R. Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1790-1868, “The Lytle-Holdcamper List,” New York: The Steamship Historical Society of America, Inc., 1952 and 1975.)

U.S. House: “Charles Goodspeed testifies that on and prior to the 20th of October, 1865, he was the agent and consignee, at the city of New York, of the steamer D. H. Mount; that the said steamer never reached her destination, and has not been heard from since the 20th October, 1865; that there is good reason to believe that said steamer was lost at sea on her passage to Jacksonville, Florida, and that all persons on board perished; that no person on board of her has, ever since departure, been seen or heard of….” (U.S. House of Representatives. The Reports of the Committees of… 1866, p. 2.)

Newspaper

Nov 23: NYT: “The Steamer D. H. Mount.”
“Latest Intelligence from the Missing Steamer – She was last Seen Two Hundred Miles Below Hatteras in the Height of the Gale – She did not Appear to be disabled.

“Mr. J. W. Bowers of Brooklyn, who had a daughter…on board the missing steamer D. H. Mount, received a letter from Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday, the 22nd inst., which states that the Captain of a schooner passed the Mount below Hatteras about two hundred miles, on the morning of the 24th of October, in the height of the gale. At that time she did not appear to be disabled. The Captain thinks if the D. H. Mount could stand the gale a short time longer she may have been blown to the Bahamas, whence it would be difficult to hear from her.” (NYT. “The Steamer D. H. Mount,” Nov 23, 1865, p. 5.)

Nov 25: “Probable Loss of the Steamship D. H. Mount.”

“The New York Herald of Tuesday publishes the following concerning this steamer:

“The propeller steamship D. H. Mount, Captain Bachus, sailed from this port on the 20th of October for Jacksonville, Florida. She had on board an assorted cargo and twenty cabin passengers. – Since she sailed nothing has been heard of her except on the 22d ult., when she was seen seven miles south of Cape Hatteras. It is now believed that she was lost in the late severe gale on the North Carolina coast.

“The H. H. Mount was a single decker of three hundred and twenty-seven tons burthen, and nine feet draught.

“Judge Burritt, one of the passengers, was a member of the late State Convention of Florida, and was returning to his home from Washington, whither he had been on an official visit.” (Raleigh Sentinel, NC. “Probable Loss of the Steamship D. H. Mount.” 11-25-1865, p. 3.)

Sources

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.

Gaines, W. Craig. Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008.

Lytle, William M., compiler, from Official Merchant Marine Documents of the United States and Other Sources; Holdcamper, Forrest H. (Editor, and Introduction by). Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. “The Lytle List.” Mystic, CT: Steamship Historical Society of America (Publication No. 6), 1952. Accessed 8-16-2020 at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039084&view=1up&seq=7

Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours – A Narrative Encyclopedia of Worldwide Disasters from Ancient Times to the Present. New York: Pocket Books, Wallaby, 1977, 792 pages.

New York Times. “The Steamer D. H. Mount,” 11-23-1865, p. 5, col. 1. Accessed 3-1-2021 at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E0DB143CE63ABC4B51DFB767838E679FDE

Raleigh Sentinel, NC. “Probable Loss of the Steamship D. H. Mount.” 11-25-1865, p. 3. Accessed 3-1-2021 at: https://img.newspapers.com/clip/21821612/d-h-mount-the-raleigh-sentinel-nc/

Singer, Steven D. Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing (2nd Ed.). Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, Inc., 1998. Partially digitized by Google. Accessed 2-16-2021 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false

United States Congress, House of Representatives. “F. M. and B. H. Bixby. Report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Francis M. Bixby and Butler H. Bixby, merchants, of the city of New York, having had the same under consideration, report.” The Reports of the Committees of the House of Representatives, made during the First Session Thirty-Ninth Congress, 1865-’66. In three volumes (Report No. 78). Washington: GPO, 1866. Accessed 3-1-2021 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=cqIFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false