USS CONSTITUTION LOG
1 - 30 AUGUST 1860
IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
| 1 Aug 1860 | 1020 Hoisted colors at Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- Captain is Lieutenant David D. Porter -- Lieutenants Edward C. Grafton, Stephen B. Luce, and W. M. McGunnogle joined -- draft of men received from Boston -- 3 cutters. |
| 2 Aug 1860 | Sail drill. |
| 4 Aug 1860 | Surgeon Henderson joined. |
| 5 Aug 1860 | 0830 Sailed. |
| 8 Aug 1860 | Passing Montauk Point. |
| 12 Aug 1860 | Near Cape Henry. |
| 18 Aug 1860 | 0145 Arrived off Annapolis Bar -- "...pumping water out of tanks..." |
| 20 Aug 1860 | 1700 Crossed bar in tow of steamers ANNACOSTIA [sic] and MERCHANT. |
| 25 Aug 1860 | Lieutenant Grafton detached -- "...accommodation ladder shifted from starboard to port..." |
| 26 Aug 1860 | Captain of the Mizzen Top Jno Carlin deserted. |
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