Blockade - Reporting History

September 18, 1861 – Outdated Information

Sept. 14.—Four vessels had run into the Hatteras Inlet with English colors, under the supposition that that place still belonged to the rebels, the United States flag having been temporarily…

Maritime & Naval History US Civil War

August 23, 1861 – Admiral Milne and the Blockade

A Canadian paper says—"Admiral Milne has now assembled at Halifax the largest and finest squadron that has ever been seen in American waters. On the arrival of additional vessels on…

Maritime & Naval History US Civil War

July 19, 1861 – Amy Warwick Captured by the Blockade

The Brig Army [sic] Warwick, of Richmond from Rio Janeiro, bound to Richmond with a valuable cargo of coffee, captured by the U.S steamship Quaker City, Commander Overton Carr, while…