Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 6. Page: 57
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ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
a cross fire upon them, against which they steadily advanced, opposed
also by wind and tide, for about half a mile, when the bark was reached
and the United States ensign hoisted, without the loss of a man,
although the enemy's guns were within less than a mile, and two of
them supposed to be rifled.
The vessel proved to be the bark Alvarado, of Boston, G. C. Whiting,
master, bound from Cape Town to Boston, with a cargo of sheepskins,
goatskins, and buckskins, hides, and about 70 tons of iron; also wool.
She was a prize to the privateer Jefferson Davis, captured on the 20th
of July, in latitude 250 04' N., longitude 500 W.
Nothing was saved except the captain's instruments and some letters,
papers, journals, etc.
I will send a more detailed account on the first opportunity.
The want of a pilot was very sensibly felt.
I have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHARLES GREEN,
Commander.
Flag-Officer SILAS H. STRINGHAM,
Comdg. Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Cargo of bark Alvarado.
454 bales of wool. 20 bales of buckskins.
58 bales of goatskins. 231 hides.
290 bales of sheepskins. 70 tons of iron.
The above list was copied from her log book.
CHARLES GREEN,
Commander.
Additional report of Commander Green, U. 8. Navy, commanding U. S. ship Jamestown.
U. S. SLOOP OF WAR JAMESTOWN,
Off Fernandina, August 7, 1861.
SIR: In compliance with your order of the 13th ultimo, I left the
blockade of Savannah on the 3d and on Monday morning, the 5th, we
were off this place. As we were running in for the light a strange sail
was discovered inshore of us, standing along the land with a fair wind
toward the entrance of the port. This ship was closehauled on the
port tack, with all plain sail set, the wind light. As the vessels con-
verged, the stranger being close to the entrance of the channel and
this ship about 4 miles to the eastward, and a very little to leeward, he
suddenly ran his vessel upon the southeast side of the shoal making
out from the light-house point, lowered his boat, which was already
hanging over the side, and abandoned her with all hands. Immedi-
ately after she struck, people began to collect near by on the beach, to
the number of perhaps 200, and soon after we saw them dragging down
several pieces of artillery. At this time it became necessary for this
ship to tack in order to get to the southward of the shoal. After get-
tiiig to windward it was very doubtful if we could get the stranded
vessel within range of our guns, as the soundings are not laid down
inside of 7 fathoms, and having no pilot on board I did not feel .justified
in running the ship much inside of that depth, knowing that the water
in some places in this vicinity shoals very suddenly. It was finally
determined to take a position as near as the safety of the ship would57
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United States. War Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 6., book, 1897; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192841/m1/80/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.