JANUARY 1ST USS Yankee and Anacostia engage Confederate batteries at Cockpit Point on the Potomac River, which is still partially blockaded on the south bank. Attacks by the Potomac Flotilla eventually forced Confederate withdrawal.
Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell left Boston headed for England.
JANUARY 2nd- Five US ships ordered to Hatteras Inlet and efforts were being made to ready other ships for a joint attack on North Carolina's Roanoke Island, the key to Albemarle Sound.
Flag Officer Foote is trying to get crews aboard the Eads ironclads which have been delayed beyond his contract time.
JANUARY 5th-- Flag Officer Goldsborough writes General Burnside (these two were the joint commanders of the attack coming up on Roanoke Island) that the sooner he sends his first troops, the better.
Let's Giddy-Up and Go. --Old B-Runner
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