AUGUST 22ND
Welles orders NABS (North Atlantic Blockading Squadron) to assist Army in withdrawing from Fortress Monroe as the Peninsular campaign winds down.
AUGUST 23RD
USS Adirondack hit a reef off Man of War Cay, Little Bahamas and was abandoned after efforts to save the ship failed. The blockade was not without its dangers.
The USS James S. Chambers seized schooner Corelia off the coast of Cuba. The blockade was not only off the coast of the Confederacy.
AUGUST 24TH
Raphael Semmes took command of the CSS Alabama at sea off the island of Teceira, Azores. The Confederate flag replaced the English one and a gun was fired. "The air was rent by a deafening cheer from the officers and men. The band, at the same time, playing Dixie."
Thus, the Alabama was christened and began her famous career.
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