Bryan, this is what I have at my web site, in relation to Hollins, senior:
George Nichols Hollins, sr., born Baltimore, Maryland, September 20, 1799; original service in the United States Navy, from February 1, 1814, and served in the War of 1812; married Maria R. Sterell [Sterett?] at Baltimore, Maryland, March 20, 1833; resided as a United States Naval officer, in 1850, with his wife and six children, at the United States Navy Yard in Escambia County, Florida; captain and flag officer; entered the Confederate States Navy, June 22, 1861, as captain; commanded the CSS St. Nicholas in June, 1861; commanded the New Orleans station and the Naval forces on the Mississippi, with the CSS McRae as flagship, August 1, 1861 to early 1862; later served on the Jackson station, 1862; also on the Richmond station, 1862 – 1863; noted in ORA 1, 46 (part 1), 477, to have been killed, near Charlottesville, Virginia, March 5, 1865, by a scouting party from general Custer’s command, however, Appletons indicates that he died in Baltimore, Maryland, January 18, 1878; town crier in the city court of Baltimore, after the war. [ORN 1, 4, 555 and 2, 1, 318, 320, 322, 452 & 471; ORA 1, 6, chapter 16; 1, 8 and 1, 46 (part 1), 477 & 503; Register1863; Appletons; 1850 U.S. Census; Maryland Marriages, 1655 – 1850 at the Ancestry.com web site.]