DECEMBER 28-30
Porter's gunboats supported General Sherman's attempt to capture Confederate-held Chickasaw Bluffs, upstream from Vicksburg. Union forces forced to withdraw.
DECEMBER 31ST
The USS Monitor foundered and was lost off Cape Hatteras en route from Hampton Roads to Beaufort, NC. This ship accomplished much in its short ten-month career.
The Confederate embargo, the capture of New Orleans and a blockade that continued to improve greatly curtailed the export of the South's major product, cotton. Meanwhile, the Union's control of the seas ensured their goods reached foreign markets and paid for war materials.
Old B-R'er
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