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.
After seeing the Merrimac in action, the Union navy constructed its own ironclad, the USS Monitor. On March 8, 1862, the Virginia attacked a Union squadron of wooden-hulled vessels in Hampton Roads off the Virginia coast. The USS Congress, a frigate, and the USS Cumberland, a sailing sloop, were easily sunk by the Virginia, which suffered no noticeable damage.