1861. Sept. 14 'r- A boat party under Lieut. John Henri Russell pulled into the harbor of Pensacola and, after a desperate fight, captured and destroyed the Confederate privateer Judah. About 20 of the boat party were ]tilled or wounded; enemy's loss, unknown.
1861. Oct. I - The improvised Union gunboat Fealty while operating in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, was captured in a daring manner by a party of Confederates. under Capt. Win, P. Lynch.
1861. Oct. 5 A regiment of Confederate troops while marching on the narrow island of Hatteras was fired upon by the National gunboat Monticello. Lieut. Daniel L. Brain, and routed with great loss.
1861. Oct. 12 - Capt. George Nicholas Hollinn with the Confederate ironclad Manassas and 6 wooden steamers came from New Orleans and put to flight the powerful Union squadron stationed near the mouth of the Missis sippi River. The Richmond was nearly sunk and, by means of fire rafts, the enemy compelled our ships to .flee.
1861. Oct. 28 - The little wooden gunboat Conestoga, Lieut. S. Ledyard Phelps, attacked a Confederate came on the bank of the Cumberland River, inflicting a loss in killed and wounded.
1861. Nov. 7 - Capt. Samuel Francis Dupont with a pov erful squadron of wooden ships after a heavy bombardment, Port Royal, N. C., with a lose of 31 killed or wounded, the enemy's low being 63.
1861. Nov. 8- Union war steamer San Jacinto, Capt. Charles Wilkes, intercepted the English mail steamer Trent on the high seas and forcibly took out of her two Confederate agents, Mason and Slidell.
1861. Nov. 8 - Lieut. James E. Jouett led a boat party into the harbor of Galveston, Tex., under oover of night, and destroyed the war schooner Royal Yacht. The boat party had 9 casualties. The entire Confederate crew was captured.
1862. Feb. 6 - Capt. A. H. Foote with Union gunboats attacked Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and after a severe action compelled its surrender. The Union loss was 11 killed or wounded; the Confederate loss, 16.
1862. Feb. 10 - Union gunboats under Commander Rowan attacked the Confederate gunboats at Elizabeth City, N. C., and defeated them. The Union loss was 4 killed or wounded; that of the enemy, unknown.
1862. Feb. 13 - Commander Welke in the ironclad gun boat Carondelet attacked Fort Donelson, Cumberland River, After maintaining an all-day fight single-handed she retired at dark with several casualties.
1862. Feb. 14 - Union gunboats under Captain Foote made a determined attack on Fort Donelson and compelled it to surrender, the Union loss being 54 killed or wounded.
1862. March 8 - Confederate ironclad Merrimac entered Hampton Roads and, in spite of the terrific fire, totally destroyed the warships Congress and Cumbeland. The Unionists had 254 killed or drowned, besides many wounded; the Confederate loss was only 21 killed or wounded.
1862. March 9 - The famous battle between the Monitor and Merrimac fought, in which the latter was finally driven off. Owing to the protection afforded by the armor none was killed anel only a few wounded.
1862. March 14 -'Naval 'force under Lieut. R. S. McCook captured the city of New Berne after a desperate fight in which the navy had 11 killed or wounded, while our land force suffered much more. The enemy's loss was even heavier.
1862. April 4 - Commander Walke In the Carondelet made his celebrated dash past the batteries at Island No. 10 in the Mississippi, which resulted in the abandonment of that post by the enemy.
1862. April 6 - Two wooden Union gunboats prevented the annihilation of the Union army at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River, by pouring in a cross-fire on the charging Confederates.
1862. April 23 - Farragut,, under cover of night. made his famous dash past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, which resulted in the fall of New Orleans. It was one of the most daring feats in naval inatory. The Union loss was 184 ldlled or wounded, while that of the enemy was about equal.
1862. April 25-A naval force under Commander Samuel Lockwood captured Fort Macon, N. C.. after an all-day fight.
1862. May 10 - On this day the Confederate naval force in the Mississippi made a sudden attack on the Union naval force near Fort Pillow, but were finally driven of with a loss of three killed or wounded.