MARCH 30THFlag officer Foote orders USS Carondolet to float down Mississippi River past Island No.10 on the first foggy or rainy night to assist General Pope's army crossing the river to the Tennessee side. The ship did this five days later.
APRIL 1ST
Combined Army-Navy expedition landed and spiked the guns of Fort No. 1 on the Tennessee shore above Island No.10
APRIL 2ND
General McClellan arrives at Fort Monroe and intends to use of Navy in support of his Peninsular Campaign to take Richmond. Proposes to outflank Confederate positions by going up James and York rivers. Flag officer Goldsborough was to keep bulk of fleet in Hampton Roads should the CSS Virginia come out again. Union gunboats frequently bombarded Yorktown until it was evacuated May 3rd.
USS Mount Vernon, Commander Glisson, with USS Fernandina and Cambridge destroy the schooner Kate attempting to run the blockade near Wilmington.
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