Due to defeats in Tennessee, most Confederate troops were withdrawn from Florida.
Northern troops occupied Fernandina.
St. Augustine and Jacksonville were occupied by Union troops. Jacksonville was occupied four different times during the war, while St. Augustine remained in Union hands for the rest of the war.
A Federal force landed on the St. Johns River below Jacksonville and forced the Confederates at St. Johns Bluff to abandon their positions.
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