NOVEMBER 15TH
President Lincoln and secretaries Seward and Chase went to the Washington Naval Yard to view the trial of the Hyde rocket and were joined by Captain Dahlgren. One defective rocket accidentally explodes, but Lincoln escaped injury.
NOVEMBER 17TH
USS Kanawha and Kennebec chased a b-r ashore near Mobile. Of the blockade's effectiveness, Farragut wrote, "Blockading is hard service, and difficult to carry on with perfect success....I don't know how many (b-rs) escape, but we certainly take a good many prizes."
USS Cambridge forced b-r British schooner J.W. Pindar aground at Masonboro Inlet, NC, and sent a boat crew to destroy the vessel. The boat swamped and the crew was captured after firing the schooner.
NOVEMBER 18TH
CSS Alabama arrived at Martinique where it was blockaded by the USS San Jacinto. In foul weather during the evening of the 19th, the Alabama slipped out.
USS Monticello chased b-rs British schooners Ariel and Ann Maria ashore and destroyed them near Shallotte Inlet with cargoes of salt, flour, sugar and lard.
NOVEMBER 19TH
USS Wissachikon and Davis engaged Fort McAllister, Georgia. The Wissachickon was badly damaged. The two Union ships had the mission to keep the CSS Nashville in the Ossabaw Sound so it wouldn't become another commerce raider the the CSS Alabama.
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