The Temperance Movement's only accomplishment during the Civil War according to the book,The Spirits of America, A Social History of Alcohol,author Eric Burns was to eliminate once and for all the daily ration of Rum for the Union Navy! When did this take effect. But neither the Union Army nor any confederate forces was moved to similar action and thanks to friends and neighbors and patriotic citizens sailors from the NOrth managed to get their hands and lips on their favorite libations anyway!