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Hatteras sailed for Key West, Florida on 5 November 1861, arriving there on 13 November to join the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron to choke off the South's economic lifeline as part of president Lincoln's Anaconda Plan. After blockade duty off Apalachicola, Florida, she was reassigned to Cedar Key, Florida, reaching
The USS Hatteras raided Cedar Key in January 1862, burning several ships loaded with cotton and turpentine and destroying the railroad's rolling stock and buildings on Way Key. Most of the Confederate troops guarding Cedar Key had been sent to Fernandina in anticipation of a Federal attack there.
The USS Hatteras raided Cedar Key in January 1862, destroying the railroad's rolling stock and buildings. In March 1862 a Union squadron seized Fernandina. Shells fired by the USS Ottawa damaged the last train leaving Fernandina, killing or injuring several passengers, and almost killing Senator Yulee.
USS Hatteras (ID-2142), purchased in 1917, served as a cargo ship during World War I, and decommissioned in 1919; USS Hatteras (AVP-42), a Barnegat-class small seaplane tender that was canceled in 1943, prior to construction
USS Hatteras had blockade duty in Apalachicola, and, in January 1862, was part of a Union naval force which landed in Cedar Key and burned several ships, a pier, and flatcars. [ 36 ] After the U.S. Navy captured St. Augustine in mid-March 1862, its harbor was closed to all except Northern ships.
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Looking towards Cedar Key from Atsena Otie Key. Atsena Otie Key is a barrier island and ghost town one-half mile offshore of Cedar Key, Florida.Atsena Otie was the original site of the town of Cedar Key, and in the present day includes a walking trail, swimming area, and ruins of the Eberhard Faber mill.
Views include Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Englewood Beach, as well as traffic cams at the Skyway Bridge and restaurant cams on Cedar Key. Here are some of the live ...