The business senatehouse seriously did they take it . Very. And then to devote the resources. So it was very small. For the first few months the union navy would buy a pair of reship it could find not just building new warships but purchasing every civilian ship to use it on of blockade. Not just for the coast to not go into combat a lot. That is probably right so the union navy expanded the very first for with active service to over 600. And did became much more effective simply because then they be expanded so much from uss South Carolina and appearing in july 1861. And more cave after that. 8064 therere typically one does in Union Warships so vague to give very seriously devoting resources to blockade but the odds were still in their favor by the end of the war buddies but the odds got lugar as the war went on. Blockade runners were private with few exceptions is late in the war for the ships but most were privately owned, the civilian ships that were under arms in general the would
They think of the campaign in georgia and shermans march from atlanta to savannah in late 1864 and up through the carolinas in late 1865. Sometimes theyll think about the campaigns that took place in tennessee and mississippi. For example, the siege of vicksburg. There werent a lot of Major Military actions that took place in texas. And so that texas sometimes doesnt get the attention that it probably should. Galvestons role in the civil war was an important one. Galveston at the time, in 1860 was the largest city in texas. It had it had the largest population. It was one of the two commercial centers of texas, and it was the primary seaport of texas. There were no rail connections between texas and the rest of the United States in 1860. You could not get on a train in texas and travel to the other parts of country. And so texas was, texas primary link to the rest of the United States or after 1861 to the rest of the confederacy was by sea. And galveston was the best natural harbor on
The water. You live inland. Did you board up your home . How did you prepare to leave . Yes, we did. Boarded up our home. A very long friday, boarded up the whole house friday and got here 7 30 yesterday morning. Here pretty early, compared making sure we got our spot. Reporter laura, the fact this shelter takes pets was a real concern to you . Very much show. Theyre a part of our family. Reporter and you actually had to leave some pets behind . I did. We left our bearded dragon and hamster but tries to secure them as best we could. Reporter the heltalth shelt takes dogs and cats. Correct. And tomorrow afternoon well check out if anything is okay and the good and just survive the power outage were expecting here, too. Reporter have you been getting everything you need in terms of shelter, food, a place to sleep and comfort . Yes. Weve been taken care of very well. Theyre very informative, if you ask a question, the people working here are very, very helpful and find out answers if they
US Fleet Forces Commander Daryl Caudle said that attempted infiltrations by foreign nationals are happening two or three times a week at Navy bases alone.