JULY 28TH
Union ships attack New Smyrna, Florida, and shell town. They destroyed several ships, including ones loaded with cotton getting ready to run the blockade. Also destroyed some buildings.
The Navy's ability to strike quickly and effectively at any point along the Southern coast kept the Confederacy off balance.
The USS Michigan cruising the Great Lakes to recruit men for the Navy. In Detroit, it found people fearing a riot because of the draft, but its presence diminished the problem. In August the ship went to Buffalo for a similar reason.
JULY 29th
Farragut recalls Commodore H.H. Bell from blockade duty off Texas coast to be commander of the West Coast Blockading Squadron during his absense. Bell hoisted his flag aboard the USS Pensacola.
USS Niphon seized the British blockade-runner Banshee at New Inlet, NC, by Wilmington.
USS Shawsheen captured schooner Telegraph at Rose Bay, NC after a chase of 16 miles.
Old B-R'er
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