APRIL 26TH
Farragut issues orders for fleet to give thanks to God for the victory at New Orleans.
Fort Macon, NC, surrenders to combined land-sea forces under Commander Lockwood and Brigadier General John G. Parke. The USS Daylight, State of Georgia, Chippewa and Gemsbok heavily bombard the fort and two blockade-runners, the Alliance and Gondar were captured after the fort's surrender.
APRIL 27TH
Fort Livingston, Bastian By, Louisiana, surrenders to Navy. Boat crew from the USS Kittatinny raised the U.S. flag over the fort.
APRIL 28TH
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, isolated since the fleet ran past them, surrender to Navy aboard USS Harriet Lane, Commander David D. Porter's flagship.
The CSS Louisiana, Defiance and McRae destroyed to prevent capture.
Another Really Bad Three Days for the Confederacy. --Old B-Runner
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