from page 313 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of Rebellion

Report of Commander Howell, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Tahoma, regarding the death from yellow fever of Acting Master Hurley,

 U. S. Navy. U. S. Gunboat Tahoma, St. Andrew's Bay, September 18, 1862.

 Sir: 1 regret to be obliged to report to you the melancholy intelligence of the death of Acting Master Henry Hurley, of this vessel, who died of yellow fever at meridian September 17, instant. I went into St. Andrew's Bay for the purpose of burying him. He is interred on the most eastern bluff of Hurricane Island, and a headboard with his name, rank, and date of decease (the letters cut in) marks his grave.

 I am glad to say that no other case of fever has yet appeared.
 I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
 J. C. Howell, Commander.

Commodore J. L. Lardner, Commanding Eastern Gulf Squadron. Respectfully submitted to honorable Secretary of the Navy by — J. L. Lardner, Acting Rear-Admiral, Commanding Squadron. https://books.google.com/books?id=2clTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA313&lpg=PA313&dq=%22Hurricane+Island%22+%22Gulf+Blockading%22&source=bl&ots=uKrIycjVrN&sig=z2JCfCzY-MxGnuMYEjbN4sueHpk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4-uWbqN7eAhUJ3lMKHSfnDrgQ6AEwDXoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Hurricane%20Island%22%20%22Gulf%20Blockading%22&f=false