Friday, June 28.—Clear and sultry, with little or no wind. The blockaders sticking close to their anchors as usual. Sent a guard boat down the Southwest Pass again yesterday evening.
Extracts from the journal of Commander Semmes, C.S. Navy, commanding C.S.S. Sumter

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