 News of "record passages" was eagerly awaited by the public, and the craft's captain and crew were often celebrated in the press.Behind this search for sailing faster than the wind however lay the foundations for a development in naval architecture and its science which would serve until the appearance of the steam vessels.In 1863, during the Civil War, the packet boat "Marshall" carried the body of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson from Lynchburg to his home in Lexington, Virginia for burial.