NOVEMBER 25TH, 1861: The first armor plate for shipment to the CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) is accepted by Confederate Secretary of Navy Mallory.
** The USS Penguin, Acting Lt. Thomas A. Budd, captured blockade running schooner Albion near North Edisto, S.C., with a cargo of arms, munitions and provisions.
** The CSS Sumter, Commander Semmes, captured American brig Montmorenci off the Leeward Islands.
--Old B-Runner
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