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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