JANUARY 17th
US ships reconnoitering Fort Henry in preparation for a joint Naval/Army attack.
General Lee, in charge of Confederate coastal defense at this time, orders Confederate commander in Florida to mount at least two cannons at New Smyrna to protect blockade-runners attempting to run in there. Small, fast steamers bringing in munitions extremely important to war effort.
JANUARY 18TH
CSS Sumter, under Commander Rafael Semmes, captures two Union ships bear Strait of Gibraltar.
JANUARY 20TH
Secretary of the Navy Welles orders the Gulf Blockading Squadron divided into two squadrons. The Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron to be under Flag Officer McKean to cover the Florida Gulf around to Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic. Also included Cuba and the Bahamas.
The West Gulf Blockading Squadron to be under Flag Officer Farragut.
Flag Officer Goldsborough had been at Hatteras Inlet since the 13th and was preparing his ships for the attack on Roanoke Island.
Some Adminstrative Changes. --Old B-Runner
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