MARCH 9TH
Naval force under Commander Godon, consisting of the USS Mohican, Pocahontas and Poromsca took possession of St. Simons and Jeckyl Islands and landed at Brunswick, Georgia. All locations had been previously been abandoned by Confederates in keeping with Lee's directive to abandon minor points along the coast.
Landing parties from two Union ships destroyed abandoned Confederate batteries at Cockpit Point and Evansport, Virginia, and found CSS Page blown up.
MATCH 10TH
Flag Officer Farragut manages to get fleet across the bar to the Head of Passes at the Mississippi River's mouth. The expected 19-foot bar turned out to be 15 feet.
MARCH 11TH
Landing party under Cmdr. Rodgers of the USS Wabash, occupied St. Augustine, Florida, which had been evacuated by Confederate forces.
Two Confederate gunboats under construction at Pensacola Bay, Florida, burned in expectation of a Union Naval attack.
MARCH 12TH
Landing party from the USS Ottawa occupies Jacksonville, Florida without opposition.
USS Tyler and Lexington engage Confederate battery at Chickasaw, Alabama, on Tennessee River.
MARCH 13TH
Confederate troops evacuate New Madrid, Missouri.
Loss After Loss for the Confederacy, Most Without Opposition. --Old B-Runner
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