Enjoying myself. I had no clue what was going to happen to me just a year from now and how my life would changeâ¦. I wrote a television series and had nearly optioned a screenplay with a production company. I signed an actor to my project who was a very funny comedian that loved my script and joined with my ...
The Union established the Gulf Blockading Squadron on October 29, 1861. Based at Key West, Florida, this fleet was responsible for maintaining the Union blockade from that point to the Texas-Mexico border at the Rio Grande River.
One of the mighty chains from the USS Cumberland can be seen at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond. This painting shows the USS Congress (foreground) and USS Susquehanna in Naples, Italy before the Civil War. The Congress would become one of two ships that the CSS Virginia destroyed in Hampton Roads.