Photo #: NH 58885
"The United States Sloop of War 'Jamestown' driving the
'Alvarado' Ashore, near Fernandina, Florida."
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 28 September
1861.
The civilian bark Alvarado was captured by the Confederate
privateer Jefferson Davis in the Atlantic on 21 July 1861.
She driven ashore by USS Jamestown and burned near Fernandina,
Florida, on 5 August 1861.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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