USS Louisiana-- Part 2: Action in Virginia and North Carolina

On 13 September 1861, the Louisiana and USS Savannah engaged the CSS Patrick Henry off Newport News, Virginia, but shot from both sides fell short.  Two of the Louisiana's boats destroyed a schooner fitting out as a privateer in the battle of Cockle Creek near Chincoteague Inlet 5 October and two days later she captured he schooner S.T. Carrison with a cargo of wood ear Wallops Island.

Chincoteague Island  was lost to the Confederacy as a base on 14 October when Lt. Arthur  Murray of the Louisiana witnessed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States to citizens of the island.  The Louisiana's boats later surprised and burned three Confederate boats at Chincoteague Inlet 28 and 29 October.

SERVICE IN NORTH CAROLINA

On 2 January 1862, the ship was ordered to Hatteras Inlet to participate in the attacks on the Carolina Sounds.  For the next three years, she patrolled, supported Army troops and made many raids along the sounds and rivers flowing into them.

--Old B-Runner