A Federal naval force off the coast of Texas attempts to capture the key port city of Corpus Christi.

Exploring the most important 55 months in American history
A Federal naval force off the coast of Texas attempts to capture the key port city of Corpus Christi.
April 21, 1864 – Major General Nathaniel P. Banks’s Federals moved out of Grand Ecore, Louisiana, while struggling to salvage one of their best gunboats.