MARCH 14TH
Rear Admiral Farragut began his attack on Confederate defenses at Port Hudson, Mississippi, downriver from Vicksburg after receiving word from General Banks that his troops were ready to attack. The action was opened with the mortar boats firing, then Farragut's fleet, with larger ships inboard of the fort and smaller ones outboard.
Some of the ships were hit and the USS Mississippi blew up in the unsuccessful attempt.
Rear Admiral Porter launched the difficult and hazardous Steele's Bayou, Mississippi, expedition aimed at taking Vicksburg from the rear. Very slow going.
MARCH 15TH
Boats from the USS Cyane seized the schooner J.M. Chapman in San Francisco, suspected of being fitted out as a Confederate commerce raider.
CSS Alabama captured and released on bond the Punjab northeast of Brazil.
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