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.
In 1864 when the H. L. Hunley sank the Union blockading ship USS Housatonic, the war was going poorly for the Confederacy. Union forces were slowly advancing on all fronts and the Confederate States were being squeezed into a smaller and smaller area of operations.