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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 8: capture of Fernandina and the coast South of Georgia. (search)
he expedition. capture of the works on Cumberland and Amelia Islands. Fort Clinch occupied. capture of Fernandina. captuFort Clinch occupied. capture of Fernandina. capture of the steamer Darlington. General Lee and Fernandina. fine harbors for blockade runners. good service of the Navy. thnd Sound was to turn the heavy works on Cumberland and Amelia Islands; but on receiving intelligence that the enemy had abanmmander Drayton sent an officer to hoist a white flag on Fort Clinch, the first of the national forts on which the ensign of eamen and marines, under Lieut. Miller, was sent to hold Fort Clinch. The whole number of guns captured amounted to thirtepounder and one one-hundred-and-twenty pounder rifle. Fort Clinch and the earthworks thrown up by the enemy were found to ter of chance. These earthworks and the heavy guns of Fort Clinch commanded the main ship channel so as to rake an approac-inch guns. It was fortunate for the Union cause that Fort Clinch and its outlying batteries fell into our hands without r