Week of Jan. 15, 1862
The USS Hatteras goes to cedar Key, Florida, along the Gulf Coast and captures seven small ships suspected to be blockade-runners. Sailors land and destroy a railroad depot and a huge supply of cedar wood for shipbuilding.
Week of Jan. 22, 1862
The 100-ship US fleet off Hatteras Inlet hit by a huge storm. Some vessels swamped with water. Three dead. Better weather will have to be awaited. "Heavy wind and a rough sea caused one vessel to labor very heavily, and some were obliged to be cut loose from the vessels towing them.
Two Confederate vessels spying on the fleet were also chased off.
Going Back. --Old B-R'er
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