Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 13. Page: 41
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SOUTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
As it is impossible to furnish the prize with similar persons without
great detriment to the public service, may I ask that the parties above
referred to be paid in accordance with this unavoidable arrangement,
and for which I will be fully responsible.
Respectfully, etc., S. F. Du PONT,
Flag- Oficer.
Flag-Officer PENDERGRAST,
Commanding U. S. Naval Station, 'Philadelphia.
Additional report of Commander Marchand, U. 8. Navy, commanding U. 8. 8. James Adger.
U. S. S. JAMES ADGER,
Off COarleston, S. C., fay 27, 1862.
SIR: Herewith I have the honor to send you a muster roll of the
officers and crew of this ship claiming a joint share of the prize
money, should any accrue, from the capture of the English steamer
Cambria, made on the morning of the 26th instant by the U. S. gun-
boat Huron, Lieutenant Commanding Downes, along with the officers
and crews of the different vessels hereafter enumerated.
On the 26th instant the following vessels were acting jointly in the
blockade of this place, viz: The steamers James Adgei, Augusta,
Alabama, Pocahontas, and Flambeau* gunboats Huron, Unadilla,
Pembina, and Ottawa; ship Shepherd Anapp; barks Roebuck and Rest-
less, and pilot boat Blunt, in sight of the position assigned to the
Hluron by me in the line of blockade. The gunboats Unadilla, Pem-
bina, and Ottawa were in Stono River within sight of our line of
vessels.
At early daylight on Monday morning, the 26th instant, the steamer
Cambria attempted to pass into Stono Inlet, but finding our vessels
there, stood for the Lawford Channel, but seeing our line of block-
ading vessels, attempted to escape seaward, when the gunboat Muron,
nearest to her in our lines, started in chase, and fired the usual num-
ber of guns as a signal that she was not able to manage the case herself,
and by signal from the senior officer present the steamer Augusta,
Commander Parrott, was permitted to assist in the chase. The Cainbria
was captured by the gunboat Hu'on some 20 or 30 miles from this
place and a short distance from the Augusta, assisting in the pursuit.
The H~ron was in sight of all the squadron at the time she started in
chase, with the exception, possibly, of the lBienville, Restless, and
G. I:. Blunt.
I have been solicited to claim the Cambria as a joint capture of the
squadron before Charleston, S. C., upon the following grounds:
First. The gunboat Iuron, before and at the time of commencing
the chase, was in her assigned position in the line of blockade, in sight
of the other blockading vessels, including the gunboats in the Steno
River.
Second. The ship Shepherd Knapp fired and called the attention of
the squadron to the mass of black smoke which issued from the smoke-
stack of the Cambria. The squadron consequently saw the gunboat
Ihuron leave her anchorage in chase, although the capture was made
beyond sight.41
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