JUNE 18TH
Farragut's ships drove off Confederates getting ready to attack Donalsonville, Louisiana, which would have cut off supplies going from New Orleans to General Banks' Army besieging Port Hudson.
Union ships on the Mississippi return from expedition where 60-70 watercraft were destroyed which might have been used to transport Confederate troops.
JUNE 19TH
Mallory writes Bulloch in Liverpool asking him to quickly purchase" a very fast steamer suitable for blockade running between Nassau, Bermuda, Charleston and Wilmington. A capacity for stowing from 600 to 1,000 bales of cotton upon not over 10 feet of draft would be desirable."
JUNE 20TH
Heavy combined Army-Navy bombardment of Vicksburg, lasted for six hours.
CSS Alabama captured bark Conrad and commissioned it as cruiser CSS Tuscaloosa.
CSS Tacony captured two ships and burned them.
USS Santiago de Cuba seized blockade-running British steamer Victory in the Bahamas after a long chase. The runner was from Wilmington with a cargo of cotton, tobacco and turpentine.
USS Florida captured schooner Hattie off Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina (Cape Fear River).
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