Thursday, January 19, 2012

Oct. 12, 1861

Oct. 12, 1861: Southern irregular bushwhackers under Gen. Jeff Thompson skirmish with Unionists near Pomme de Terre and Clintonville, Missouri, driving them back. Thompson's mounted force pushes from Stoddard County up towards the Ironton district.

--Mouth of the Mississippi River - The ironclad CSS Manassas confronts the USS Richmond and the USS Vincennes, both wooden ships, in a brief battle, and the Manassas drives both ships aground on sand bars. Both USN vessels manage to get free, but the Confederate Navy once again scores a rare victory, breaking Lincoln's blockade, and delaying any Union plans to strike upriver at New Orleans.

--Charleston, South Carolina - Two Confederate envoys--James Mason, Commissioner to Great Britain, and John Slidell, Commissioner to France--slip out of Charleston and past the blockade on board the SS Theodora, a blockade runner. They sail for Cuba, where the envoys (both former U.S. Senators) will take another ship to Europe to engage in alliance-building for the fledgling Confederacy.

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