. History of the American Civil War . hortened his preparations from eight weeks to one, andincreased the distance of his nearest batteries to even2500 yards. An expedition was dispatched from Port Royal (Feb- ExpeciitiontoFcr- ruary 28th, 1862) to the coast of Florida. One portion of it approached Fernandina, which is near the Atlantic terminus of the Cedar Keys 488 THE ELOKIDA EXPEDITIONS. [Sect. XII. and Fernandina Railroad, through Cumberland Sound,with a view of turning the Confederate works; the re-mainder went down outside of Cumberland Island. Onthe approach of the ships the Confederat
. History of the American Civil War . hortened his preparations from eight weeks to one, andincreased the distance of his nearest batteries to even2500 yards. An expedition was dispatched from Port Royal (Feb- ExpeciitiontoFcr- ruary 28th, 1862) to the coast of Florida. One portion of it approached Fernandina, which is near the Atlantic terminus of the Cedar Keys 488 THE ELOKIDA EXPEDITIONS. [Sect. XII. and Fernandina Railroad, through Cumberland Sound,with a view of turning the Confederate works; the re-mainder went down outside of Cumberland Island. Onthe approach of the ships the Confederates abandonedRepossession of the post. The town of Fernandina was oc-cupied. Fort Clinch was repossessed, andthe works garrisoned with national troops. The easysuccess of this expedition appears to have turned on theprevious withdrawal of the Florida troops for service inthe Confederate army. In like manner, possession wasExpeditions on the taken (March 7th) of Brunswick, the At-lantic terminus of the Brunswick and Pen- Florida THE FLORIDA EXPEDITIONS. sacola Kailroad. It alst) had been abandoned, as was thecase with Darien, on the Altamaha River, whence 1500troops had been withdrawn. But one white man andone old negro were found in the place. Jacksonville, onthe St. Johns River, was occupied without resistance(March 11th), and St. Augustine soon after. With itFort Marion was taken. ] NORTH CAROLINA COAST EXPEDITIONS. 4g9 Florida, out of a white population of 77,778, had fur-nished nearly 10,000 men to the Confederate stripped, she was unable to make any resistance, orto protect the works and towns upon her coast. Com-modore Dupont, referring in his report to the conditionsentiments of the of St. Augustine, says: I believe there aremany citizens who are earnestly attached tothe Union, a large number who are silently opposed toit, and a still larger number who care very little aboutthe matter. There is much violent and pestilent feelingamong the women.
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