From On This Day in Florida Civil War History by Nick Wynne and Joe Knetsch.
JUNE 11, 1861
Commander T.D. Shaw of the USS Montgomery announced the formal blockade of the port of Apalachicola, Florida.
The blockade order stated: "No American coasting vessels are to be allowed to enter or depart from said port from the time of your arrival on the station. All foreign or neutral vessels now in the port of Apalachicola will be allowed ten days from the 11th of June, instant, for their departure."
--Old B-Runner
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