kind of wondered, the taking of the port of fernadina, how important was it, should it have been done sooner? >> yeah, fernadina was one of the ports near jacksonville, north florida, atlantic coast, early 1862 efforts by the union to gobble up pieces of the shore. there were several motives involved here. one was to have a safe haven, further south on the blockading squadron. one was to gobble up as much land as possible. part two after the emancipation proclamation and the legitimate prize of war that did not have to be returned to enemy, never mind fugitive slave law, an attempt to recruit sailors for the fleet. so there are several motives involved here. and the squadron that went down as part of dupont's command went to fernadina, pretty much a pattern, fort clark, hatteras, and shelled it ashore, confederates couldn't stand up to artillery, abandoned position, union went in and took occupation of the small village. not a town or city. this was repeated all along the coast. the atlantic coast. the gulf coast as well. simply one of many such forays. whether it should have been don