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All Confederate forces had left Saint Augustine, Florida on Tuesday evening, along with around five hundred civilians. The remaining citizens, many Union symphathizers, met the next day with Commander C. R. P. Rodgers of the U.S.S. Wabash whose Marines and Army troops occupied the town without firing a shot. Commodore Du Pont's main forces arrived nine days later. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1862), IV: 64-65.
Steve Rajtar, Kelly Goodman, A Guide to Historic St. Augustine, Florida (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2007), 35.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
