Ordered to the New Orleans naval station, he was promoted to the rank of acting master on October 21 and sent aboard the General Polk.
In March, he transferred to the floating battery New Orleans, under the command of his father at Island No. 10. (So John J. Guthrie commanded the ship and had his two sons with him as well.)
After the fall of Island No. 10 on April 8, Guthrie was captured and sent to the Union POW camp at Johnson's Island in Lake Erie.
Exchanged in October, he served at the Richmond and Wilmington naval stations and finished the war at Montgomery, Alabama.
After the war, he returned to Norfolk County, Virginia, and farmed.
--Old B-Runner
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