The following day, Robert E. Lee arrived in Savannah as the new Confederate Commander of the south Atlantic coastal defenses. In the wake of yet another Union victory at sea, Lee saw difficult times ahead. “There are so many points to attack, and so little means to meet them on water,” sighed Lee, “that there is but little rest.”

Mort Künstler’s painting of a Union cavalry scene typifies the action when they came ashore during the campaign and helped capture road crossings and secure rail lines.