In 1885 First Lieutenant Fremont of the Third US Artillery swore in front of the third auditor of the Treasury Department the following statement: “In ordering the regiment to the then new stations on the Pacific, where we were to remain for a long period, large supplies were advised to be taken, and an advance of three months’ pay was ordered to be made to enable us to supply our needs and all of the supplies with that means purchased, and a vastly greater amount, the accumulation of years of service, were lost on that unseaworthy ship.”
Ship Name: San Francisco
Year Built: 1853
Nationality: United States of America
Tonnage: 2500
Ship Type: Sidewheel Steamship
Year Wrecked: 1854
Reason for Wreck: Engine Broke in Storm
Location Wrecked: Atlantic about 200 Miles from Charleston South Carolina
Lives Lost: An estimated 220
Sources:
https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-jan-16-1854-p-2/
https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-sentinel-jan-21-1854-p-3/
https://newspaperarchive.com/portage-sentinel-may-17-1854-p-2/
https://newspaperarchive.com/sag-harbor-corrector-jan-18-1854-p-3/
https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-herald-jan-16-1854-p-6/
https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-union-apr-29-1854-p-1/
https://newspaperarchive.com/newburyport-herald-jan-20-1854-p-1/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1854/01/16/75361724.html?pageNumber=1
