On this day in the Civil War, the Union Navy blockades the Southern ports of Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Union gunboat USS Louisville
(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
May 26, 1861
Posted: May 26, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: Alabama, american civil war, american history, confederate, Louisiana, Mobile, New Orleans, On this Day in the Civil War, the american civil war, the civil war, union, Union Navy
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