![]() ![]() Perhaps in retaliation, Brock was arrested and sent to prison (even though he was not a member of the Confederate military), and his ship confiscated. Jacob Brock, probably after the Civil War: After boarding, the Union Navy officers were enraged, as there were a number of women and children aboard, who had been begging the captain to surrender as they were fired upon. He initially refused commands to heave to, forcing the Union bluejackets to fire on the steamer, which eventually did stop and surrender. Johns River prior to the war, who cast his lot with the Confederacy after Florida seceded. Brock was a well-known steamboat captain on the St. Rogers pushed up a small creek near the town in a ship’s launch and captured the Confederate steamer Darlington, captained by Jacob Brock. After secession, many river steamboats (and their owners/captains) were converted into blockade runners, either running contraband goods between Florida and the Bahamas or “coastal blockade running” between ports in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.Īs Union forces occupied Fernandina, Florida, in March 1862, Commander C.R.P. A thriving steamboat traffic developed on the river, transporting mail, freight and passengers from Jacksonville to Enterprise (near Lake Monroe), reaching a high point just prior to the start of the Civil War. Johns was “the Interstate Highway” of the time. As the northeast coast of Florida developed, the St. ![]() It was used by Native Americans, by French, Spanish and English colonists, and by the US after Florida became a state. Johns River, running along the east coast of Florida, served as a main route of transportation for centuries. ![]() Here's a post to keep you tuned to Florida events as we transition from observing the Battle for New Orleans to the Battle of Drewry's Bluff. ![]()
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