Shannon Wolf
Corporal
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2017
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL.
I was doing research for my persona, wanting to base it as close to my hometown as I can since my town didn't exist in that time frame and decided to use St. Mary's as the jumping off point. Only town that really existed back then.
Looking into the history of the town, I followed the Wiki link (I know not a good source of info) when I noticed just a simple bold little statement :
"The United States Navy Bombarded the town's shoreside buildings during the American Civil War."
Does anyone know anything about this? Or read this somewhere?
I have searched everywhere and cannot find confirmation of this.
It does make a strange bit of sense.
The town was known as a haven for Blockade Runners at the beginning of the war, and was abandoned during the war around 1862. From what I've gathered around the same time Ft. Clinch was abandoned.
There are no prewar buildings I can think of along the river front. This could be accounted for by Hurricanes or erosion; however I cannot remember, other than Langs Seafood, any being on the river front until about 20 years ago. Almost every older building is built away from the river and postwar. Considering people have been settling there since around 1763 and earlier that is a little odd for a fishing village.
It is known that the Union traveled up the St. Mary's River. From my understanding for troop transport and hunting Blockade Runners. (Though I would think the latter would be fruitless as most of our area is swamp and pretty dangerous for anyone who doesn't know the critters and plants)
Any insight would be appreciated.
Looking into the history of the town, I followed the Wiki link (I know not a good source of info) when I noticed just a simple bold little statement :
"The United States Navy Bombarded the town's shoreside buildings during the American Civil War."
Does anyone know anything about this? Or read this somewhere?
I have searched everywhere and cannot find confirmation of this.
It does make a strange bit of sense.
The town was known as a haven for Blockade Runners at the beginning of the war, and was abandoned during the war around 1862. From what I've gathered around the same time Ft. Clinch was abandoned.
There are no prewar buildings I can think of along the river front. This could be accounted for by Hurricanes or erosion; however I cannot remember, other than Langs Seafood, any being on the river front until about 20 years ago. Almost every older building is built away from the river and postwar. Considering people have been settling there since around 1763 and earlier that is a little odd for a fishing village.
It is known that the Union traveled up the St. Mary's River. From my understanding for troop transport and hunting Blockade Runners. (Though I would think the latter would be fruitless as most of our area is swamp and pretty dangerous for anyone who doesn't know the critters and plants)
Any insight would be appreciated.
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