Sherman had spent January in Savannah preparing for the march to North Carolina and ensuring that he would have the necessary support from the sea coast. The shallow upper Savannah River made it impossible to use the vessels effectively in the defense of the city against the threatened attack by General Sherman's army which was working northward from Savannah. Carnes to turn over their ammunition to the Confederate Army at Augusta, Georgia. Hunter reported to the Confederate Navy Department that he was ordering C.S.S. Pinola, Lieutenant Commander Henry Erben, captured blockade running British schooner Ben Willis at sea in the Gulf of Mexico with cargo of cotton.ģ Flag Officer William W. Torpedo was of special importance because "she is now the only boat in connection with the Beaufort (that is crippled) that we can use to protect the Wilton Bridge from ice and to keep open our communication with the city." Alexander, to break up the ice near the bridge and remain near it "to insure its safety." Two days later, Mitchell noted that C.S.S. In the bitter cold the James River began to freeze over and the ice threatened Wilton Bridge. The expedition led by Wells was the finale in the Union Navy's effective restriction of this vital Confederate industry.Ģ Having failed to pass the obstructions at Trent's Reach in order to attack the Union supply base at City Point, Flag Officer Mitchell confronted another kind of difficulty in maintaining communications with his own capital, Richmond. Federal warships continuously destroyed salt works along the coasts of Florida. Large quantities were needed for preserving meat, fish, butter, and other perishable foods, as well as for curing hides. The making of salt from sea water became a major industry in Florida during the Civil War as salt was a critical commodity in the Confederate war effort. Wells, landed and destroyed salt works "of 13,615 boiling capacity" at St.
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