Nov. 22, 1861: Florida - Union guns in Fort Pickens, aided by naval ships USS Niagara and USS Richmond, hammer Confederate positions nearby at Forts Barrancas and McRee. After some hours of inconclusive bombardment, the contest ends in a draw.
Mrs. Mary Boykin Chestnut writes in her diary: "As for them [the Union], there is no limit to their recruiting. The whole world is open to them. England is patting both sides on the back. She loves to see a Kilkenny cat fight. After all, she is not dying for the want of our cotton. She is prospering and pampering her India cotton and will magnanimously accept any apology for the Mason and Slidell affair that smart Yankee Seward will tender her."
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