FEBRUARY 12TH
Adm. Farragut still in the Lower Mississippi River. He is continually called on to send his ships here and there in the west.
Lincoln conferring with Welles about attack on Charleston and discussed ammunition to be used by the ironclads against that port.
CSS Florida, Lt. Maffitt (see today's World War II Blog), seized ship Jacob Bell and burned it.
USS Conestoga , under Lt. Cmdr. Selfridge, seized steamers Rose Hambleton and Evansville off White River, Arkansas. At least he didn't sink his ship.
FEBRUARY 13TH
The USS Indianola ran past the Vicksburg batteries to join the USS Queen of the West blockading the Red River.
There was a Wilmington report, but I will give that real-time tomorrow.
Old B-Runner
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