. The blockade and the cruisers / y James russell Soley . tole into the swamp, not farfrom the fort. On his way he fell in with a negro, whom hesent to gain information as to the result of the nights soon as he learned that the Albemarle was sunk, he movedon until he came to a creek, where he captured a skiff, andin this he made his way the next night to the picket-boat atthe mouth of the river. The rest of the party, unable either to resist or to escape,surrendered, and were taken ashore by a boat from the Albe-marle. The ram heeled over and sank at her moorings andso remained until P
. The blockade and the cruisers / y James russell Soley . tole into the swamp, not farfrom the fort. On his way he fell in with a negro, whom hesent to gain information as to the result of the nights soon as he learned that the Albemarle was sunk, he movedon until he came to a creek, where he captured a skiff, andin this he made his way the next night to the picket-boat atthe mouth of the river. The rest of the party, unable either to resist or to escape,surrendered, and were taken ashore by a boat from the Albe-marle. The ram heeled over and sank at her moorings andso remained until Plymouth was finally recaptured. The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron had but twocommanders, Dupont and Dahlgren. The transfer was madeJuly 6, 1863. Duponts command opened with the victoryof Port Royal, which gave the squadron the best and mostcommodious harbor on the Atlantic coast. After the firstsuccess, the activity of Admiral Dupont, seconded by theability and energy of his captains—a body of officers remark-5* 106 THE BLOCKADE AND THE .-- /^-> / ,-•• .■■■■■. ■::V-.::vV;.-.; & Entrances to Charleston Harbor. THE ATLANTIC SQUADRONS. 107 able for their high professional qualities—secured the controlof the vast network of lagoons and inlets extending on theone hand to Charleston, and on the other to Fernandina. Theblockade was made thoroughly efficient in the sounds; andthe capture of Fort Pulaski in the following summer, inwhich a detachment from the fleet assisted, made the Savan-nah River nearly inaccessible to the blockade-runners. PortRoyal then became the centre of occupation, and the head-quarters of the fleet. The principal centre of blockade in the South Atlantic wasCharleston. An attempt was made early in the war to closethe entrance by placing obstructions in the channel. Anumber of vessels, most of them old whalers, were boughtfor the purpose by the Navy Department at a cost of $160,-000. They were loaded with stone and
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