JANUARY 20-21ST
Flag Officer Lynch in CSS Seabird and CSS Raleigh reconnoitered Hatteras Inlet, NC, and found a large fleet of steamers and transports.
JANUARY 21ST
LT. Phelps re-emphasizes the need for mortar boats at Fort Donelson.
JANUARY 22ND
USS Lexington makes another of frequent reconnaissances up the Tennessee River to Fort Henry.
Lt. Worden reports steady progress on the USS Monitor. Still waiting for 11-inch guns.
JANUARY 23RD
Flag Officer Goldsborough wrote from Hatteras Inlet that 19 Naval ships were over the bar and in Pamlico Sound, a very difficult operation with the bad weather.
Flag Officer Foote still needs sailors for his ships on the rivers. Wants 600 men.. Secretary of War getting the men with sea experience from Massachusetts regiments.
JANUARY 24TH
A Union lightship off Cape Henry, Virginia, went aground and was captured by Confederates.
The Buildup Before Roanoke Attacked. --Old B-Runner
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