Back in my March 3rd post, I wrote about North Carolinian John Guthrie being in the U.S. Navy before the war and his part in the capture of what is believed to be the last slave ship (slaver), the Nightingale, captured before the war started. Here is the story as it appeared in the New York Times back then.
From the June 16, 1861, New York Times "Capture of a Slaver.; The Ship Nightingale seized by the United States Sloop-of-War Saratoga, with Nine Hundred and Fifty Negroes on Board."
The ship Nightingale, J.J. GUTHRIE, United States Navy, Commanding, arrived at this port, yesterday morning, from Monrovia, West Coast of Africa, which port she left May 13, and anchored at Quarantine.
The Nightingale was captured, April 23, off Kabenda, West Coast of Africa, by the United States Sloop-of-War Saratoga, having on board 950 Negroes. She was taken into Monrovia, where the cargo was put on shore, and 272 men, 97 women, 340 boys and 93 girls, making a total of 801, -- 160 having died on the passage from Kabenda.
A prize crew of 26 men was put on board the Nightingale from the Saratoga, and brought her to this port. There has been considerable sickness among the crew on board the Nightingale since leaving Monrovia.
The following men belonging to the Saratoga have died:
HENRY NAGLE, ordinary seaman
JOHN EDWARDS, landsman
MICHAEL REDMOND, marine
--Old B-Runner
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