APRIL 3RD
Flag Officer Du Pont and Gen. Henry Benham planning to cut off Fort Pulaski from Savannah in a joint operation. Du Pont orders the USS Mohican to reconnoiter the Wilmington River to determine best means of obstructing it.
APRIL 4TH
USS Carondelet, shrouded by a heavy storm at night, runs past Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River and reached Gen. Pope's army at New Madrid. The ship's commander had piled cordwood around the boilers and extra deck planking and anchor chain for added protection.
A.T. Mahan wrote, "The passage of the Carondolet was not only one of the most daring and dramatic events of the war; it was also the death blow to the Confederate defense of this position." With the support of the Carondolet, Union forces could now safely cross the river and take Island No. 10 from the rear.
CSS Carondolet, Pamlico and Oregon engaged USS J.P. Jackson, New London and Hatteras, but could not prevent the landing of 1200 Union men at Pass Christian, Mississippi. They destroyed the Confederate camp there.
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