JULY 25TH, 1861: John LaMountain began balloon reconnaissance ascensions for the Union at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
** CSS Sumter, Commander Semmes, captured schooner Abby Bradford in the Caribbean Sea and, denied the right to enter Venezuela with Confederate prizes, dispatched her to a Southern port.
** USS Resolute, Acting Master W. Budd, brought two schooners and one sloop into Washington, D.C..
--Old B-R'er
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