JANUARY 1ST, 1862: Flag Officer Foote reported to Secretary of Navy Welles that he was sending the USS Lexington, Lt. Shirk, to join the USS Conestoga, Lt. S,L, Phelps, who had been rendering valuable service cruising the rivers and protecting "Union people" on the borders of the Ohio River and tributaries; indeed, the control of the rivers advanced Union frontiers deep into territory sympathetic to the South.
Foote added: "I am using all possible dispatch in getting all the gunboats ready for service. there is a great demand for them in different places in the western rivers."
--Old B-Runner
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