Complex sentence: Assigned to the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, "Stars and Stripes" reached Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 26 September and, two days later, was ordered to tow schooners of the Stone Fleet to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
Split into simpler sentences: Assigned to the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, "Stars and Stripes" reached Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 26 September. Two days later, she was ordered to tow schooners of the Stone Fleet to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.