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| Sunday May 26, 1861 |
Major General George B. McClellan, from Cincinnati , ordered
three Federal columns into Western Virginia to protect the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and to aid the pro-unionist in the area.
The main drive is towards Grafton, Virginia. Forces of Colonel
B.F. Kelly occupied Grafton on May 30, after a successful march
across the Ohio.
Postmaster General Montgomery Blair announces that postal
service to the South will end on May 31st.
Federal blockades are set up on Mobile, Alabama by the U.S.S.
Powhatan and on New Orleans, Louisiana by the U.S.S.
Brooklyn.