Finally Getting Caught Up On This.
JANUARY 30TH
USS Monitor launched at Greenpoint (Brooklyn) New York. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy wired inventor John Ericsson, "I congratulate you and trust she will be a success. Hurry her for sea, as the Merrimack is nearly ready at Norfolk, and we wish to send here here."
General Halleck orders the combines Navy-Army expedition up the Tennessee River against Fort Henry.
USS Conestoga and USS Lexington reconnoiter Fort Henry.
Confederate Commissioners Mason and Slidell arrive in Southampton, England.
JANUARY 31ST
The British sent out two questions to European countries about the sinking of the Stone Fleet and whether the blockade was effective. Surprisingly, the European nations considered the Stone Fleet an outrage and that the blockade was ineffective.
FEBRUARY 1ST
Flag Officer Foote reports that he is leaving with four ironclads for Fort Henry. No new news on the mortar boats. Thirty-two men have shipped from the Army to his gunboats in the past two days.
Go You Little Monitor, Go. --Old B-Runner
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