 Complete the following phrase:  General Henry A. Wise, commanding Roanoke, also demanded troops and supplies. He received little from Benjamins War Department that had no arms to send, as the Union blockade was preventing supplies from being imported. That Confederate armories were empty was a fact not publicly known at the time. Benjamin and Davis hoped that the islands defenses could hold off the Union forces, but an overwhelming number of troops were landed in February 1862 at an undefended point, and the Confederates 