Primarily Letters from William Frederick Keeler to his wife, Anna, written while he was on board the U.S.S. Florida, which was blockading Wilmington. Letters from Alexander Horn to his family, while he was stationed on the U.S.S. Monticello, blockading Wilmington. Reports from Federal vessels Minnesota, Iroquois, Mount Vernon, Niphon, Sacramento, State of Georgia, Penobscot, William Bacon.