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.
The campaign began when Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter âranâ his ships past the Confederate guns at Vicksburg while Grant marched his army south along the western bank of the Mississippi. The two forces were to unite at Grand Gulf where Porter would ferry the army across the river.