Wednesday, January 26, 2022

USS Montgomery-- Part 1 Operations in the Gulf

From Civil War Naval Chronology.

DECEMBER 4, 1861

Confederate steamers Florida and Pamlico attacked USS Montgomery, Commander Thompson D. Shaw, off Horn Island Pass, Mississippi Sound. 

FEBRUARY 1, 1862

USS Montgomery. Lieutenant Jouett, captured schooner Isabel in the Gulf of Mexico.

**  APRIL 5, 1862

Launch from the USS Montgomery, Lieutenant Charles Hunter, captured and destroyed schooner Columbia near San Luis Pass, Texas, loaded with cotton.

**  JUNE 3, 1862

The USS Montgomery, Lieutenant C. Hunter, captured blockade running British schooner Will-O'-The-Wisp transferring powder and percussion caps to a lighter near the mouth of the Rio Grande River

--Old B-Runner


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