Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Navy: With an Appendix Containing Reports From Officers, December, 1865
When hostilities against the government were commenced in the spring of 186 1, and the ports on our southern coast were ordered to be closed under the form of international blockade, instead of the municipal form of an embargo, the labor, embarrassments, and responsibilities suddenly and unexpectedly imposed upon this department were immensely increased.
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