The North Island, South Island, Cat Island forts -- I deemed it prudent to surrender rather than have the men all shot down: Fort Randall and operations at Little River -- The plantation war: rice, salt and contrabands -- He was hung immediately after capture: the assault on Murrells Inlet -- Blockaders and blockade runners -- Well-constructed, and very formidable: Battery White, Fort Wool and Frazier's Point -- A vessel of war of some magnitude: the Confederate gunboat CSS Pee Dee -- The eventful final days of the USS Harvest Moon -- Appendix. A timeline of Civil War-related events from Georgetown to Little River.