DECEMBER 19, 1863:
Patrolling the
Florida coast, the skipper of the U.S.S. RESTLESS, W.R. Browne, writes a report
to his superiors specifying the extent of his raids: “within the past 10 days
290 saltworks, 33 covered wagons, 12 flatboats, 2 sloops (five tons each), 6 ox
carts, 4000 bushels of salt, 268 buildings at the different saltworks, 529 iron
kettles averaging 150 gallons each, 105 iron boilers for boiling brine . . . it
is believed that the enemy destroyed as many more to prevent us from doing so.”
Salt was a precious commodity for the Confederate Army, allowing it to preserve meats.
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