How did Robert E Lee solve the difficult situation which arose following the successful Union landing at Port Royal in Nov.1861?

Answer 1

With the landing at Port Royal and its conquest the Federal were able to threaten the vital railroad that connected Charleston to Savannah, and these cities as well. It seemed that nothing could prevent their conquest.

Lee solved the problem in a simple and ingenious way.

He designed and built with extraordinary rapidity a large line of fortifications covering the line Charleston-Savannah . But unlike all previous coastal defenses of the Confederacy, not close to the sea, but several miles inland, completely out of the reach of naval artillery. In so doing Lee managed to solve the serious problem of fighting an invasion by an enemy who possessed the dominion of the sea.

The line put up by Lee in South Carolina and Georgia withstood four years and only fell when it was taken from behind by a superior army, coming from the hinterland.