February 12, 1864: Confederate Need for Cartridge Bag Cloth Hampered By Increasingly Effective Blockade

These Dates in History are always from the Civil War Naval Chronology.

FEBRUARY 12, 1864:  Commander John M. Brooke, CSN, in charge of the Confederate Navy's Office of Ordnance and Hydrography wrote Flag Officer Barron  in France for "material for cartridge bags, which is now much needed."

Brooke asked Barron to purchase some 22,000 yards of material and ship it to Nassau.  From there blockade runners would attempt to run it through the blockade, in 1000 yard lots to avoid losing it all in the event of capture.

It was becoming increasingly difficult for the South to procure basic war materials, a problem which was compounded by the lack of good railroads for internal transportation and control of most Southern rivers by the Union Navy.

--Old B-R'er