SEPTEMBER 22, 1861: USS Gemsbock, Acting Master Cavendy, captured schooner Mary E. Pindar off Federal Point, North Carolina, attempting to run the blockade with cargo of lime.
Federal Point was renamed Confederate Point by the Southerners and was where Fort Fisher would be built guarding New Inlet of the Cape Fear River and Wilmington.
** Flag Officer William McKean assumed command of the Gulf Blockading Squadron.
--Old B-Runner
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