March 1, 1865: Confederacy Changing Blockade Running to Accommodate Loss of Ports-- Part 1

MARCH 1ST, 1865:  Because of the loss of Charleston and Wilmington, the Confederacy's last two deep-water ports in the east (Galveston, Texas, was still open but too far away and with too many obstacles to overcome to be of much help), Secretary Mallory directed Commander Bulloch  (uncle of future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt), the regular agent of the Confederate Navy in England, to dispose of the deep draft steamers Enterprise and Adventure and to substitute them for two light draft vessels for use in the small inlets along the east coast of Florida.

He wrote:  "We can not ship cotton at present, but with light draft vessels we could at once place cotton abroad,  Moreover, we need them to get in our supplies now at the islands, and the want of them is seriously felt,:

--Old B-Runner