1.   From the Battle of Sabine Pass stories, he now is hot to locate two Union blockade vessels, the Morning Light and the Velocity.

2.   In LONDON, nickel rose for a second day as brokers reported a union blockade at a New Caledonia port may delay deliveries of refined metal in Europe.

3.   The draw was an important victory for the North because it prevented the Virginia from shattering the Union blockade and helped keep France and Britain out of the war.

4.   Farmers outraged by the union blockade of the wharves are ready to drive trucks through waterfront picket lines to move their goods to market, rural leaders said Monday.

5.   Mobile Bay was a hideout for Confederate ships trying to elude the Union blockade.

6.   The Confederates, trying to break the Union blockade of Southern ports, built three prototype submarines.