As all the works guarding the approaches to the city of Mobile were now in the possession of the Union Army. The confederates had little reason to ammunition or additional lives on the defense of the city. In fact, soon after the fall of Fort Blakeley, the Confederate soldiers began to evacuate the city.
About 1 o'clock today the 77th Illinois marched back to Spanish Fort. They had just laid down to rest when the were roused with the command to fall in. As darkness fell, they marched about six miles and came to Stark's Landing.
Transport boats were waiting and the soldiers began to embark immediately. As each vessel was loaded, it pushed off from the pier and anchored in the bay.
