Brevet Major General John E. Wool, commanding the compulsory Union Department of Virginia, occupies the Hampton Roads Naval Base (Virginia) without a fight.
NOTE: This was the Confederacy’s only naval base.
[restored 4/2/2022]
Commodore David G. Farragut, commanding the compulsory Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron, captures Pensacola, Florida.
[restored 2/15/2025]
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 288.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 170.
Sewell’s Point – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewell%27s_Point#Battle_of_Sewells_Point
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