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Description: The bark Alvarado, a Confederate prize, burns in the left distance after the sloop-of-war USS Jamestown, right foreground, ran her ashore and set her afire near Fernandina, Florida, during the American Civil War on 5 August 1861.
Title: USS Jamestown burns Alvarado
Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command NH 58885 "The United States Sloop of War 'Jamestown' driving the 'Alvarado' Ashore, near Fernandina, Florida."
Author: Harper's Weekly illustration, credited as "U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph"
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
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