Union forces attempted no further advance on the Virginia Peninsula until the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.Poland, 2006, p. 234 However, Butler did send an expedition up the Back River with naval support on June 24, 1861, which destroyed 14 transports and several small boats which had supplies for the Confederate forces.Quarstein, 2000, p. 49 Both sides generally continued to hold and improve their positions and works until the Peninsula campaign began.
