Ju y  ~I,  l  Gl:>. 
he  ), 

nE~BHAI,  IAFAYEl'1'R  C.  B.\Kl•;lt. 

It 
u'  tli  t  re  toreil  'nkr  in 

Gew•ral  Bakr•r,  ('l1i,.f  r,f  tlw  l'11it•·1l  ~t:~te~  ~N·rr·t  8<'ni"'"  horn  in  Rtnfl'ord,  <lPlH"<'e  County,  N.  Y,  Octohl'r  1:ltlt,  tH·~fi.  di,•1l  in 

el  .1w·nt  heramo dnmina11I:.  in  S;m  Francis<'O,  i11  l8:Jfi,  <1P11Pral  Baker  joi11P1l  tho  Vtgil:;lll'e  ('ommitteP  an•l  took  a11 

l'bih11lelphia,  Pa., 
Ju  18!8  !1•!  went  to  • "<!II'  Y<irk  and  Phil:ulf'lpltia,  anrl  in  JR;)~  to  Han  Franeisr·o ·in  NV~h of  these  citiPs  working  as  a  llH'l'h:rnir.  When 
iwt;\1•  p.trt.  in  tho  s11111mnry 
in  18111,  rxpeoti11g  to  nt11rn  11t.  onrl',  but  tho  ('1\il  \\"1u  intervened, 
t'  r  York,  lif'  W'IS  inlrotluc  1i  to  l:1'11rrul  .'rott, 
l'\  rnl  11  'll'\lt'W!!  \\ ith  .JdTc r  on  Du.vi  , 
'l'hi  WO. 
11'  igns  of  Cuu-
ti. 
'IHllli •s  in  i11fluonti  I 
118 

rm1  of  ailvcnturcll  involving  lii!{h  f'Xf'Clltin1  ability and  a  wonderful  tal1•nt  r .. r  tr.1<>ing  C'OllS[•irn1·y  and  frn  trn.tin  r 
llis  d11tiH  nut.urallv  made  him 

11(1'('(.'i)  •d  in  ('<1ller:ti11g  lllll<'h  information  ancl  returning  ti>  Wash in  r•on  11fto1·  an  al1  l'lll'f'  or  tlirl'il  Wl't k  . 

he  started  011  foot  for  H1climrind,  whf're,  in  spite  of  arrest,  irnpri. 01111H  11t  aiid 

tirriAK  proferred 'against  him,  but  were  never  sub  tantiflt( rl. 

erdt-0  pi 
ar 
"wd  G  noral  lhk  r  <Jrganizetl  th  1mrsuit  of  tlie  mur1ler~1,  a.nrl  wa>1  prrsr•nt  at  hi11  "apt11PP 

Irr,  was  rnrnmi 
ri 1118  nnt 1ro  w  re  F••V•!ral 

ioncd  c•1lonnl,  a11<1  suhsccp1011tly  briga<lit>r  g1J111·rnl. 

and  ag·nt. 
'>l  a. 

,  ntl  charge 

nt  o  \\a I rngton  a111l  ()fT,.rf·1l  !Jill  "'"•"•ie"" 
r 

,\t  thP  '!11j!g1·Rtio11  of  C:Pnera.l  lliram  \\'alhridge,  or 

I  <1f  the  .ntr· 
a 
l  1wr.  l 

II 

,,. 
l·Y·  Im 

111·  eit\'. 

Ifo  wrnt  to 

."ow  York  on 

li11<'i11css 

while  till I  r 
L Jt  th 

Ii 

t  (Jf  a 

\\'h ·n  l'r' idrnt  L·r  co! 11  wa 

11 

:-l~i.i 

11111  death. 

FEDERAL  CAV AJ,RY  COVERING  THE  ESCAPE  OF  FEDERAL  PRISONERR  FROl\I  LIBBY  PRI80N.  RIOHMOND,  VA. 

'l'hll  fr:c:li11g  ,,(sympathy  for  the  unfortunate  Federal  offirers  anc1  men  who  so  long  suffer~d  ontrag~ .at  the  hands  of  the  Confe<lerates  gave  way  to  a  ~11.ome~1tarv  feeling  of  · 

ollf:  11u111lrNl  a111l  ni11c:  r1fficers  :mil  1nr·11.  Vrom  time  to  time  a  few  had  escaped.  anrl  the  narrntne  of  theii  escapC'.s  had  been  among  the  most  intcmely  rxc1t.111g  incidents  0 (  ti 
1
lo  gf;t.  1mt  11£  thr· t-:•J1Hh•~rn  d1111w~rm  the  intnrest  knew  no  bonncls. 
rrhe  methorl  emplovcd  was  as  fnllows :.  Having  managed  to  find  access  to  the  cellar.  they  commei 
1 
Th1~ir  im1tn1111e11t.  w•!T<'  r·as<•  k11ives,  prwkr·t  knivrs.  chisc•h1  :inrl  filrs.  After  getting  through  lhe  wall  the~·  disposed  of  thr  exeinntrd  soil  bv  drnwinrr  it  ont  Ill  a  spittoon 
t\11·  fart.y  at  w<1Tk  in  t.he  t111111r1\,  anc1  p11\lcr1  ont  i111.o 
1ia' 
\~11."  ,:"q~  \.\1•·\f  h"r'.\11\•1\ll!  "111\  sui"tr .. n11v11,  \1.11i~  frN\noni  were  t,11l'ir  11nrrow  eacrqrns  [rorn  1hc  Uonfederato  cavalry,  who  the  11 exl.  mo r ni11g  were  lm t1ln •l  •irkincr  · 

th<•  <·P\hr  \Jv  their  companions  who  diAposecl  of  it  by  spr<?nd i11g  it.  in  shallow  Jaye1:s  o,·er  tlw  floor.  roncealing-

.i1.\i•Jllt  11ixt,y  {•·•:\,\rm~. irnd  opcue<l  inLo  :.m  ol<l  \,olJacco  Rhe<1  he~OlH1  the  lin e  or  i;nards. 

'"'"'"''rW.  •. ~  \.\  ,,  '"'"''·  '""''''""""''"'  w\H•\1  lhr•y  r11·RI  <':tllf:(ll\.  Right  .. r  tlw  FC'!ll'rnl s  Ren\  ont  to  hell'  them  ll lH1  pro1t'Cl  Lhem  fron1 

In  or<l  •1·  to  eln<le  their inus11ers.  who  the\'  knew  \\: 

'I 
•·  1C'll'  }1111'81\('J'S.  ptttll 

•• t  va\.\•:11  _t<,'1\,  Wfl 

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J(.l~. ,li:; 11~C'''"'  C:llllC'  or  tlw  l':~np•'.  it  OlH 
:  ~~n ... n~  wht'n  mon'  than  n  h11111ln'l 
1.~e_c  1 "~'  '.  H'lW\ mg  one  :1not h  'r  n  opp  rtunit. 
11
1 H1~l  at.taehi.>d  to  a  conl. 
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lei  N~r  (~l\Cn.t)  tic. i;tl'll\\, 
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l''.ll1'<'S  ,.,J. 
"  ln  ('\  1!lL  1  I <'Cl1011  h1r 

11111~h  n·  •  1 
'l'l!c'  i•>.  \\  h1,•h  (',,•II  1  ' t r  ·i'•l't 

'l'lw  t11n1wl.  c n1npl  tnl  ln  t1fb  ' 

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THE  ENTRU8IA8:1!I  OF 

'fHE  NORTHERN  ARMIE8-RE-ENLIS'rMENT  OF  THE  SEVENTEE TTH  ARMY  CORP8. - 1'HOM  A  SKE'l'UJI  HY  0  H 

!:>l'E<'L\.L 

.\Lt'l'I:->'J'. 

.  F!nanci'.1-l  tests  convinced  the  supporters  of  t.he  rebellion  here  and  in  Et~rope  of  one  great  fact,  that  t!1e  people  of  the  ~ orth  had  faith  in  the Uni tccl  fltates  Government,  anil  tlrnt  tho  iwopl c  0(  l hr  Son th  rn  .'tilt 

hnd  no 
Jl1111ce  tho  tlitfon1tH'1, 
tU'ti  rie:lll 

faith  m  their  governmen_t,  s~t  up  by  a  knot  of  di sappointed  politicians.  While  Alabama  troops  were  shootmg  down  Kent11ck1~ns wh~ refnser~  to  re-e11l1st,  the  F eclornl  Army  almost  unn.nimou sly  rP-NiliRtcd. 
'1  .ere was  no  want  oI  faith  111  the  Federal  cause,  the  Government  or  success. 
a  v,cw  of  this  army  enthusiasm. 

In  sorne  corps  almost  all  tho  regiments  re-enlisted;  in  the  Seventeenth  Army  Corps  thil'ty-nino  took  theit·  slririd  n!!  Yotumns.  Wo  giv 

' 

GE.iERAL 

.JEREMIAH 

l'll.  HUSK. 

General  Rusk,  born  in  ~forgan  Connty,  Ohio,  .Jnne  J ':'th,  l  30;  died  in  1894.  He  divided  his  tim"'  between  farm  work  and  the  acqma. 

common-school  education  till  he  attained  his  majority,  and  in  1  !J3  removed  to  Wi  consin  and  en~age<l  in  agricn]  ore  in 
the  • • ational  Army  in  I  G2,  wa 
Gtnera1  Wi11iam  T •. herrnan  from  the  siege  of  Vicksburg  till  the  clo  e  of  the  war. 
for  meritorioo 
the  threatened  .MilwaukPe  riots  in  May,  1  G.  he  did  good  servicf!  by  hi  prompt  a<>t1on  in  ordnmg- the  militia  to  £re  on  the  dangerous  mo  - w 
atttmpted  to  <lestrvy  Iif P  and  property. 

'onnty. 
ioned  major  of  the  'l'wenty-fifth  Wi  con  in  Hegiment,  ro  e  to  the  rank  of  Jientenan  colonel, and 
Jn  l  G5  he  received  the  breve  of  brig  <lier  general  o' 

i;ervic1·  at  the  battle  of  . alkehatcbie.  Beginuin~ with  18  l,  he  was  elected  Governor  of Wi-".on  ·n  for  three  "!lCC  Eefre  erms. 

In  18  9  President  Harrison  appointed  General  Husk  • ecretary of Agriculture 

corn mi 

'ernon 

rm.'F.l~AL  llE.'JtY  w.  JH.SHA  f. 

• 

• 

~ 

in  1817,  <lii·•I 

tl11i  l'11il1·d  Statl'B 

f'i=meral  ]fonham  born  iu  C<J11111·1·tic11l 
'}st  1884  waa  graduatN]  frim1 

' 
f  tlie  JJopartmi·nt  1,f  the  (Jhio;  wa 

,  1 H1<uham  f'1Jter1,d  upim  a<:l1v1:  e1•rvwc;  was  IJll  11•rwrn 

i11  • '1•w  York 
lilitary  Ac•ader11y 
~IUl~~37  'a11d  a~ ig11e1i'  tf1  tho  Ct1rps  (Jf  h11g1111•<'1'8.  s~rved .111  !Ii'  !1f,.xi1·a11 
W  l B4 7-'8  awl  was  brn~1·Ltr!d  r·aptaw  for  galla11t  a11d  n11•ntorio11e  sen 1e1 
1  ttle'd  Buena  Vista.  At  th1,  bf'giuuing  of  th1•  C'ivil  War,  i11  JRlil, 
.  arl 
tr 
rn  t  1e  1a 
,,  orris s  sla 
(' 
...,aptan. 
f1Jr 
a  engwee~ ;1  e  hattlo  1Jf  Canick'e  F11rd,  .July  J:Hlr,  18()1;  i11  August  1rn 
1
gallant[Y. ~ J e
r  gi·ni-ral  of  v1Jlu11ti,r,r  ,  and  wi~A  ''11gag"d 
tl11·  \'irgwia 
1
J8P.~  J111  was  pr1:  1:nt  at  the  1·11plur1•  of  Fort  l'11lask1  und 
1·a111Jlli1f\ · 1 .
made  . iriga1
1 
11
1 t"~'  in  thu  year  }w  aupni11t1·11d1:cl  fort1fi1:ali1JllB  in  Boston 
\ 1:r1,1,rs  a1J1l  was  in  commaud  of the  N1,rthl'l'11  I>i  lrict of 
1
.James  8 ani  'th 
aud  P11rtSIJJ'JU  t  'f tl1P  Houth 
lie  r1rov1·d  Vf'ry  pfficieut  i11  1 lir1Jwi1  g  11011-
lkJ>artr11c11 
1 
t  1 
• 
1<1 vers, 
L11on  Lru _ge 
riaiiil  1,f  tlie  l'o11tl1ou  JJ1•partme11t  at  Wash111gt•111  111  I t;1;.1, 
uni 
11raJ<•l'  gi•11ernl, 
111  :Mart~:,,.  A·J~my'  aud  maJIJI'  go111•ral,  1;11itf'd  i:itates  \'ol1111lecrH,  for  gal· 
lu11t 

l 
'  . 1  8  ai:ross  tire  Happaha11111,1·k,  tlw  J'otmuac:  a11< 
I 
l1t•  was  brnvdti~d  brrgacl11ir  genera 

.r•ices  <luriug  tlw  '"·bi:  1()11, 

I 
t  •'.'  • au11• 
I 
a111 

·  • 
1 · 
bn,v1•tl<,d  <:1Jl(Jf11•l 

I  was  II•  N>rrH 
1  JS(l" 

r11terl  n•a.es 

1 '1 

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e  H'Ca11  P 

l 
ir1g11J1tr  geHt>ral  of  Yolunlt't'n>  Apr1 

'•l'llPrul  1:r1l\er,  ho.11  in  Bethel.  ~h  .1 11 ;,  ·•4th  1  ':?9 

t1  el  in Atl:11:tic 
('1ty,  .'..J,  11111  G111,  1<<5,  wa  gradu11t~1l  fri1rn  th~l'n1 1'1  ~t .. tt-'.liht  ry 
,~, nde11  Y  111 
I  511,  f'11tc·rul  the  l'ir  t  A1 tiller).  Ollll  ,,6necl  01  '  < ntier  Jut! 
.'.\!  rc.'h  3d,  L.'.'15.  and  ~8!: 
promoted  to  ~rt.  l1eute111111t 
trl_I  l8!J:l. 
l!1:  w, 
111111  of  llw  I 111t11 
lnfn11try  on  d'pt  mber  17th 
't'rrirw  at  ,·srio 
W 
·1  ]4th 
. 
II 
' 
''.,  ern  11111011. 
' 
trau ·fll'n·<l  lo  lht>  ,\m1r of  tho  l'11toniar..  with  whit•h  l!e. 100 
l81i.J,  awl  11·11 
part  111  111n11y  h11ttl1•,  Pniug  111th  <li  ti11l'lion  nt  tho  battle;;  of  W1ll111n1{ 
tlie  Depnrtnient  ~ 
burg,  i:air  Oak·  11111!  B111l  H111..  He111g  trnn  fPrrt•il 
lJ!'1;rndwr  3!ith._18G:.!,  •ril  ,Jul',  1  G4:  wa·  111  otnmnml  Clf  th~  rigrl :!:1
tht·  1111,f,  he  took  1•uu1.1111111d  of  11  din  1cm  of  the  1 ·mctee11th  Corfd~ 
• 
11~  t.h.e  111·111y  he  wgi11g  l'ort  11 nd  ou,  La.,  ill  'Ma\.  1  H3  ;  nnd  ron11111u1d 
. 
11,t  to  Jhct-Ulbll!•  1  nd 
cl n  1  '.011 
111 
11'cH1111~1·cl  at  tire  battl ·  of ( rdar l'rc  k,  011  1 lctober  19th.  1st34.\"  •' 
l11•  1111 
tlllll  dll\"  ivr  giillsutr. 1 
hn•\f•tl1 ii  r11nJor  g1•1wrol  of  vulur.t\'lr 
·he  11  1•  br~'  1 
\\!"ch!  tl'r  1111d 
br~gadwr gt ucnd.  lTnifrd  ~talt• 
nil  I  1~ 
Auuy. 

lie  was  muslorcd  out  of  the  \O]uutccr  erv~'e  Augu~t :.!4th, 

\nuy,  and  1;111]~r  , ;1~ral. 

llrt•  ~lw11u11do11li  c11111~ 1ig11 

from  1\  11 
011  the 

l3t•  1  6 

llill.  0 11 

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LIEUTE TANT  J.  H.  RAYMO},"D  CAPTURING  THE  CONFEDERATE  FLAG  FROM  THE  BURNING  CONF'EDERA.TE  STE.AMER  "FA...""f:NY,,, 

A'l'  THE  AC'.rION  OFF  ELIZABETH  CITY,  N.  0.,  FEBRUARY  llTH,  1862. 

Our  sketch  represents  Lieutenant  Raymond  rnahing  on  board  the  Confederate  steamer  Fanny  and  carrying  off,  through  flame  and  smoke, the  Con(cid:173)

federate  flag  which  was  still  flying  on  board  the  vessel. 

'l'his  heroic  act  was  performed  in  the  battle  before  Elizabeth  City. 

nAT'J'J,f;  OF  GHA~lJ  CJO'J'EAU,  LA.,  .NOYEMHJ~lt  '.Jn,  J8fJH- JPUJtfOUF.l  A'J'TAC.K  ON 

'l'.l.::LB  HIX'I'IWl'll 

INDIANA,  C01J0.Nr;}L  OWH.N. 

lbl/:.J 

On  thr.:  !jc]  <A  , r(JV(jfnbf.:I' 

hf't tlv:rn  f4t  hay,  -.up11'n't<:<i  11y  tiic  f';ig-hty-ibir<l  (Jbi1,,  Llw  8ixiiuth  Tndia11a  wiiiching  iho  flu,nk.  A  lull  BO<m  occurred,  and 
h<~ tJ  a  l~ri<lgr.1.  awJ  srnall  bayou  Oii 
mingled  rn  11Lnfo  that  <;!4nfl(Jfl  <YJll]d 
<:aflle  t<1  its  ~w, foll  f1a1;k,  tlw  'J'w1:11ty  thircl 
11urmondw  the  Hixty- evt;r tit  fodiaua.  C1;rwrnl  lforbridgi;  i11  vain  l·ndeavon·rl  to Have  th<·rn  with  a  fi<'cLinn 
Cfon!td 1~rat<:t1  eh ,.,1  an1trn<l 
rlre1.  meu,  uuewhred  t,.1  tl10  l;M;W.y. 

tho  f;fl(Jffly,  i~bl)UL  !Jix  t!J()Ulmnd  Stl'ong,  1.mdor  Oeneral  Groen,  attfickcd  in  force;  but  Lho  Hovontconth  Ohio  Battery 
tho  SixLicth  w11s  Haut  to 
tl'bis.  tl_H;y  did, .all<I  aL.  lttst,  by  ~Ltrbr·irlgo's  or<~er,  aclva.11co~, Lill  frir·~d  1111~~  foo  .wero  so 
the  Nul(Jty-sixtl1  Oliw  all()  the  l.wonty-thll'<l  \\ 1s110111H11,  who 
rotr<Jgrac]o  movcnwut  tho  onc.nny'R  mountocl  'l'Pxau  infantry 
11£  tho  ScvP11te(sJ1th  Ohio  Batl!:r ·,  hut  the 
t()  1111spc1Hl  his  £lm  for  foai:  of  killing  hi8  own  Jn(m•  und  Licutomw L UuloJJcl  Bush !er,  with  two  hun-

th<:  skil't  (A  tlir;  w<wlfi. 
11 r,t  hu  u1>1-11;  but  fimdly  tJw  SixLwth  Jrnlrnnu.,  w1Ll1 
Jn  Lhis 

l<Jf!ing  their  brii.vo  r;olrm<JI,  Gtt)IJ'Y· 

tlHrni  VJ  that  }t()  }Jad 

:.HH 

. ·-

THE  INVASION  OF  MARYLAND-GENERAL  KILPA'rlUCK  REPULSING  THE  CONli'EDERATE  S'l'UART  AT  BOOKSBOROUGH, 

JULY  8TH,  1863. 

The  Civil  War  showed  many  affairs  quite  confusing  old  ideas.  We  had  colonels  commanding  fleets  and  mari nes  serving  ashore,  mounted  infantry 
and  dismounted  cavalry.  On  the  8th  of  July,  1863,  General  Kilpatrick,  who  was  endeavoring  to  cut  off  the  Co11federate  trains  from  Gettysburg,  wa8 
attacked  by  Stuart,  and  both  these  fine  cavalry  officers  fought  with  their  men  dismounted,  Kilpatrick  repulsing  his  antagonist  and  subsequently captur. 
ing  a  large  number  of  prisoners  and  wagons. 

GENERAL  MoPHERSON  ENTERING  CLINTON,  MISS. 

'l'o  facilitate  the  mo~ederts o~~h: bFederal  t~rm~~stl ne~r OOhattanooga  and  divert  tlle  Confe<lerate  forces  from  hasten in er  to  the  reliE>f  ol  Br!\£!"~. 
trmw  )O'itilm  on' tiit' 
General  McPherson  !narc  e 
Canton  Road,  tend.  rn1les  :e~hnd Brow:1sr!lle,  a:}_,~  afLe1  ta il~l10~ t,  sharp  hgh~,  ronLed  thrm,  the  Federals  <'hnrging  gallantly'  oYer  the  ln·f<l!o  nnd  throu~h 
llis  "'lllnnt  t~) i~  brt,kt?  t11t' 
the  tall  g~ass  an 
ay  10  entered  Olm Lon,  on  the  'ricksbur~ and  J•irkl:lon  Hailrontl. 
Sabbath  stillness  of the~lace as  they  marched  m,  and  the  Oonfederntes  scattered  on  a11  i;ides  in  fiicrht  GeuPri>l  ~1cPl1" 
('"'ntou 
· 
and  finally  retnrne 

c-1·son 
factories,  UJlll  nlannmg  all  the  neighbormg  sta.tious. 

ic  s.  urg  on  1e  .  1  o.  ctober,  ,1803.  On 

the  17th  he  c1tme  up  wit.h 

·cksburg  after destro  ·n  C 

corn  o 
o  1 

d  t 

ieu  pror<'eued  to 

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on  e  era e  m1  B an 

e  enemy s  me. 

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GALLANT  CHARGE  OF  THE  SIXTH  MTCHIGAi.~  CAVALRY  OYER  THE  ENEl\IY'S  BREASTWORKS,  NEAR  FALLING  WATERS,  l'rID., 

.JOLY  14TH,  Hif5!3 

The  exploits  of  the  Federal  cavalry  in  Yirginia.  Maryland  ,md  l'ennsylvania  in  1863  wonlcl  fill  a  volume  in  themsehH;.  Among  the  many  gallant 

charges  there  are  few  more  brilliant  than  that  of  the  Sixth  Michigan  at  Falling Waters,  where  they  rode,  without  drawing  rein,  right  ornr  the  Confed(cid:173)
Prate  breastworks,  scattering all  before  them.  The  cavalry  were  not  more  than  sixty  at  most,  but  they  charged  up  a  steep  hill  in  the  face  of  a  terrific 
fire.;  and  though  they  lost  in  killed  antl  wounded  nearly  two-thirds  of  their  number,  they  captured  almost  the  entire  force  of  the  enemy,  with  three 
reg1mental  battle  fiaga. 

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DESPEnATE  HA.-D-T<>-HA.·JJ  COMBAT  BETWEEN  FEDERAL  CAVALHY,  COMMANDED  BY  GENJmAL  AV1'~RTLJ,,  AND  STUART'S 

co_·t'EJJEHATE 

'JHOOPS,  A'l'  KELLEY'S  FOHD,  ON  THE  RAPPAHANNOCK,  VA.,  :MAHUH  17rn,  lbli::l. 

The  firs~  S!tanrl-up  caval_ry  fhdit  on  a  large  F;aie  ,~ook  place  at  Kelley's  Ford,.  on  the  Happah~nnoc~,. on  f-it.  1.'atrick's  Day,  18G3. 

'~'o  the  .Fc<le:nl 
the  dar1wr  <..:onf(·rforate  genitral  F 1tzhugh  .Lee  bel"11g  the  c;luef  ho11or1;  of  tlus  bnll1ant  affmr.  Once  acro8S  the  river,  n  regu1nr 
l:{eneral  Averill  am) 
cavalry  an<l  artil11!ry  light  U1<1k"  plate  betw<:en  General  A.verill's  eommaud  ~~1<1  the  Uonfccfornte  forces  untlcr  the  <"Ornmanrl  of  C~cncrnls  Stuart  au_d  _Filz(cid:173)
l he  for<:cs  oppo!!e<1  to  1~ach  other  were  1~hcmt  equal  ltl  11urnhcri!  a!Hl  1:1111nlarly 
ha7,h  Lee;  awl  for  <m(;e  duririg  tli&  war  th1~re  was  a  fair  cavalry  fight. 
appr1inted  and  H{uipped.  The  (!onfederates,  made  desperate  hy  the  advanr:e  of  1-'c<lernl  tru<Jps  itenial'.!  the  Happalrnnnock  an<l  up~u soil  which  tl1ey  h1ul 
sworn  ti>  defend  with  the  Ja,t  rlrop  rA  thr·il'  blvod,  disputN]  every rood  of  gr~iund.  Again  ancJ  again  tlwy  elwrretl. 011  t.he  1''e1ler11l  l111<:s,  fonucd. en  frltelr~1i, 
and  aa  <Jften  'KP.r<:.  tli<~y  repul  ~·rl  in  the  moat  gallant  rn:muer.  Whell  the  J• ecforalH  0harged  upon  thEi  ,,1~e111y s  lines  1t  was  c~<Jne  with  such  ltnp0Luos1ty 
that  ucce  fol  rei!J&tance  l'las  Wl}"J  sible.  8wrm1  in  hand  they  dashed  up1111 
th<i  for-,  who,  after  utternpt111g  to  stand  np  a~!\rnst  the  fin1L  clmrgos,  dog(cid:173)
'J  he  tJbject  vf  the  oxpeditivn  having  been  M<:ompliahed,  Ueueral  Averill  retired  to  the  left  uunk  of the  rivor  withouL  rnolf't1-
gedly retired  before  them. 

• o'"  frvrn  the  tnemy. 

CARLISLE,  PA.,  BHO'\YlNG  GENERAL  SMITH'S  HEADQUARTERS,  AND  THE  BARRACKS  DESTROYED  BY  GENERAL  W.  H.  F.  LEE. 

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'l'HJ·:  WAH 

I:S  VJRGI.NIA.-BATTE.lW  ON  TJ:l.l!) 

I..EE'l'  OF 

'l'HB  ENRMY'S  LT  E, 

FHONT  OF  P li;'l'KGRHUHCl. 

(\ \ P'l'tm 1m 

PHOM  A  SKE'£CH  BY  OUR  FlPEUlAL  Alt'£1S'r, 

liJDWlN  1"01WES. 

'\'hr,  CrJnfo<lcrate  works  on  tho  1e[t  are  shown  in  our  !lk etch. 

t1Qrrr,sprmr1<m\.  P.1~i<1  :  "  '1'\io  11n<\donncs11  lm<l  r-e\eri ty  o[  Gran Vs  movem ents  bafl\o  11.\l  cn.lcn 1n.Lion s. 
l>t.  i'•>V>r11hur;t,  IH>  f'l\1'1<1 

'l'heso  were  carriml  aHcl'  a  <lespcni.tc  l~ght. 
tHJ  101rpho\o.  His  ;p\ o~H1i c1  t,r~m11'01·  o(  lii1>  t•nny  Lo  tho  s0 uLll  o[  Lho  .James  scc rno<1  Lo 

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LEE'S  AR:\IY  CROSSING  THE  POTOMAC  AT  WILLIAMSPORT, 

IN  SCOWS  GUIDED  BY  WIRES,  AFTER  THE  INVASIO~  OF  MARYLAND. 

'rHE  WAH 

IX  YIRGINIA.-HURNf;IDE'S  CORPS  CHARGING  THE  C01'TFEDERATE  POSITION  ON  THE  RIGHT  OF  THE  ENEi\IY'S  LINE  IX  FRO~ T  OF  PE'l'FHSHl HCL 

FROM  A  SKETCH  BY  OUR  SPECIAL  AR'l'IST,  ED\\·IN  FOBBES. 

'I'he  ~rst  line  of  Uonferlerate  works  on  t,he  right  shown  in  onr  sketch  were  car~·ie<l  hy  Bnrnside's  Corps. 

works,  while,  tho  troops  arr.  charging  through  the  brush  ancl  fallen  trees  in  d~nblc  lrne  of  battle. 
ah11_11t  fiv<i  o r:lor.:k  l'.  :IL 
taking  fiv<i  guns  aud  about  two  hundred prisoners.  We  had,  we  found,  dismounted  the  Confederate  gun  by  ou1·  shrl ls." 

\VP  ope11ed  our  battery at  once  and  commenced  shellmg  the  Confederate  fort.  We  kept  on  firing  for  about  half  an  hour,  when  onr  infantry,  Gritlin's  brigm1o,  made  a  d111rgl'  nnd 

'rhe  fight  was  in  an  open,  rolling  space  of  gronn<l.  ~irted  bra  belt  of  timber  townrd  thl'  citv. 

'!'he  artillery  in  the  foreground  is  pnmiuo- its  steacly  shower  of  shot  iiud  hell  on  tho  Plll'lll)""s  Jin~  from  th  br  4-
~uid  1111  11 fllt•111·:  ..  It  "lls  th' 
l':lptnr\ll  tht  fort. 

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PHl:~L."l'A'l'!Ol\  OF  COLOHS  TO  THE  'l'Wl~  Trn'l'll  u 

l'l'EU  H'l'A'l'ES  UOJ .. ORED 

INFAN'l'HY.  ('()LO  JET,  BAHTHA  r.  A'l' 

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to  U11 10 11  Sq unre.  ltl'l'IV111g  in 

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CAPTURE  OF  FORT  DE  HUSSY,  LA.,  ON  THE  lhn  OF 

l\IAROH,  1864-,  BY  THE  FEDERAL  FORCES  U  DER  GE  ERAL 

.\1'\DHEW  JACKSOX  S:\fITll. 

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'I'liis  fort .',vas,captnred,  March  14th.  1864,  by  the  Federnl  forces  under  Genernl  A.  J.  ~mith.  'L'he  exped it ion 

t•)  R:1\0ll  <ilzll't'.  11111~r 
left  Vick  burg  011  .March  10th,  lnn.ded  at  Summenille,  La ..  on  the  18th.  nnd  mnrchyd 
• 
H:l\:\)\1.  II ht'l'l'  ~t rong 
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II 
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>'.era  :  nrns  on  ecerate  brigade  ha 
for~1ficat1ona  had  been  erected;  but  the  Confederates  again  fled.  As  he  came  up  the  enemy  was  pre.ssed,  and  80111 e  skirmishing  occurred,  resu lting  rn.  the  captnre  of  C\'eral  pri!:101~r1"  and  .'i  $mall  11'nC"nn  traH~ ,;\1. d:l!  1 • 1 ~. t 1 
1 
c11llre  command  started  for  Fort  de  Russy,  twenty-eight  miles  distant  hotly  pnrsued  by  General  D ick  'l'aylor  who  hoped  to  save  the  fort;  but  Smith  ha1~  the  lend .  and  at  four  o'c lock  1n  tht•  afft'l'IH>1111  .thl 
l hll•!  nn.!  mth 
'l'he  cannonar1~  continue<l  an  h~ur, when  ~eneral  Smith  or.<lered.  the  ~irst  and  St'con<1  Illiuois  Hl'~i111t'1~t~.  Sl\tl't'J~t.I~  ( ~.q~~·  U1Hh1
I!1dim1a  Batteries  opened  on  the  fort,  which  .replied  vigorously  with  tl{rce  of,_its  heayiest  guns. 
·111 
(,en era I  )fowcr,  to  charge  the  enemy's  ri fie  pits  and  stor m  the  fort.  The  :E1gh ty-mnth  and  One  Hund red  and  Nineteen th  Ind 1ana  aml  'I wen ty-fon rth  J\[J $SO u n  R.egnnen ts  rh:irgecl  oYer  dct'P  d 1tcht1s  .111d  t~  tlut:k  a~.iti  m  1
face  of  a  gallillg  fire,  and  within  twenty  minutes  after  the  order  waR  g iven  the  color  se rgeant  of  the  Fifty-eighth  Illinois  Volunteers  planted  the  Americ1in  flag  upon  the  eMnl\''s  worK's. 

f 
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'l'B.E  S'rAT11.YN  ON  l\lAHYLA~D  HEIGHTS. 

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THE  WAR  IN  VIRGINIA-SKETCH  ON  THE  LINE  OF  THE  SECOND  CORPS  AT  THE  BATTLE  OF  THE  WILDERNESS,  MAY 

6TTT,  18G  WATTI  T(}  FOH 

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n  the  rng  t  succee  mg  t  e  passage  of  the  Rapidan  bot 

the  wood  roa<la . .  Grant  and  }feadc,  at  Old Wilderness  'l'avern,  supposed  this  to  be  the  attack  of  a  simple  ren.r  g1iarr1.  Before  Ser g.'01 
1 
Corps.  Grant  being  ready  to  accept  battle  here,  Sedgwick  was  ordered  to  join  Warren's  right,  n.n<l  Hancock  ,~as  l!l.1mmoncd  from
1 
J;ce  nwrtiLr1 }he  nrrival  of 
to  atta~k  on  the  m<1rrow.  Burnsirle  was  ordered  up  to  take  position  between  Wanen  anrl  Hancock. 
JTn.n~oc:  1°i1  upon  Dill  at 
the  wn<1lr>  lin<,  at  5  A.  :!II.  Lee  determined  to  tnrn  Grant's  left  and  throw  him  hack  upon  the  river. 
anan11:~ lii"  t~<>ops. 
i..,;,ng, .. tr<o•,t  \>«mg woun<1e<1,  the  ~H,1cnce ot  tlie  Confodcratc  attack  sub1ndC'd. 
'->-v  """"'""''  t\vm ..... \.>:\. 

\Vhil"  thuB  :pausing,  T,<>ngstreet  came  upon  the  ~e1r1  and  attacked  11im.  Ho.nc~ck,  by~~~ /[;i1'1 ~~111 c·~s  o_f  this  atLack,  was  driven  bnck 
1nL  co1·p<:!  n,wn.iling  the  enemy's  iLLtack. 

<JuT  11k<>t<>h  WM  ta'\wn  on  the 1inc  of  \.11e  Secon<1  Uorps,  on  tl.e  OLh,  showing  Lhe  gn.lliin 

armies  camped  near  by  each  other,  Grant  un suspiciou s  o 

close  presence  of  the  enemy 

·, 

cell 

1  e. 
01figs  IC?'  w lorn 

'ck  could 
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ive  0 clock,  an<l  drove  him  hack  Ol't'r  a  111ilo  <lown  tho  Plank  Hntul 

,,,  tlw  tln11l,  Lhrou  h 
. c,?1Te  np  on  . \Tan~n's  nght  lj~wcll  h:ul  inflirlrll  n  loR>l  of  3.000  lllt'll  upnn  t 111•  l•'i(lh 
On  his  arnval  he  promptly  n.ttarkrcl  )[ill.  Hoth  Clmnt  n11d  Lu•  ch  1Pl·111i11  'd 
1 
<lr111it  ordl'l't'd  1111  111C111•k  11lr>11 
le  wantccl  to  plnco  opposilo  Hancock's  rig-hf.. 
!11p1~·d  11>  rtt 
1111111,  111d 

lo  l1is  old  linos  on  tho  Hroek  Hn1ul. 

lll'l'Pll  ns  10  tnO\t't 

11<'1'<;  }111  rnllit••!  Iii 

1 lwu  ht 

In  the  rtft.cr1100n  Lee  ag»tlll.  n.t.tact  men  of  ilk,  n1g-ht  onre  more  snpervenocl;  nothing  l11ttl  bce11  <leciu"tl. 

nrnl  ln~t.  l .">.O(lcJ  11w11: 

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THE  WAH 

IX  YIRGD\IA-BATTLE  OF  SPOTTS1."LY.AXL\.  COURTHOUSE-OPEXING  OF  THE  FIGHT  AT  _\.LSOP' 

1''"\.lrn:,  ?.L\.Y 

c'TH.  1-:'(hl.. 

T he  direct  route  to  pottsylrnnia  Courthouse  is  bv  the  Brock  Road,  >ia  Todd's  Tavern.  On  this  road  the  Fifth  Corps.  umler  General  l rarren.  wa'  to  take  the  adrnncr .  nnd  by  rapid  mard1  Sl'i  c  ::-p,)tt><\'hnnin  ourthou 
I 
lt\ 

edgwick  and  Burnside  were  to  more  011  an  exterior  route  by  w:iy  of  Chancellor  >ille.  The  Yitai  interest  of  thi  moYt'l;H'nt.  centrt'd  in  tit  u  a•l'l1. o!  \\" 111 
tin  th.t  sth  h~ 
fter  t 
'llt•rritt. 

the  same  line,  wh.ile 

I\  t) 

l 

' 

linncock's  ~orps was  to  follow  011 
• po~tBylrnma Courthouse.  Warren's  corps  ad•anced  at  9  P.  ::u.  Oil  the  7lh.  Renching  'l'odd's  Tarern.  he  was  delayed  for  nil  hour  and  a  half  by  the  ca.miry  r -co1't  of  H'ncrnl  ::\lende  hltH~king  till'  "a:. 
dtt~med by  the  cavalry  division  of  General  }Ierritt  who  had  been  en<Yacred  in  fighting  and  driring 
tuart's  carnlry,  whom  Lee  hatl  sent  to  block  the  Hrock  Ho1Hl,  and  \\ho  still  bnrn'1!  !nrthl'I'  :11h.llll'l'. 
ofth1~etr110ectual effort,  gave  way  to  \Yanen,  who  adv~nced  to  r.lenr  his  ~\\~l  path .  The  atlrnnce  brigades.  under  Hobinson .  were  cleployetl  in  line  of  battle.  while  the  remainder  of  the  1'MP'  folll1\\'l'd  in  l'olumn. 
f!r1gagernent  ensued,  when  the  woods  on  both  flanks  of  the  Federals  were  cleared  of  the  enemy. 
Lee  had  mooaged  to  place  himself  across  Grant's  path  nnd  hnving  drawn  upon  the  Spottsyh-ania  Ridge  a  bulwark  of  defense,  he  was  able  to  hold  tlP  Army  of  the  l'otomttc  in  ch  rk. 
''fie  battle  o!  the  8th,  as  viewed  from  General  Warren'~ hoadqnarters. 

.\t  '  L 
column  emerged  from  the  woods  into  a  clearing,  known  as  Al  op's  Farm,  two  miles  1101~th  of  pottsylrnnin.  Cot~rthouse.  Ander  on  (Long,treet's  corps_)  had. in  the  llll'antime  :1rrin•1i  :it  tl111  .:lllll'  JI.  l.  111  I 
111 
• 
'P  11111 

\\ arren  waited  for  Sedgwick  to  come  up.  Before  the  latter  arnYl'll  111ght  hnd  fallt'n. 

th,,  r 
)ur  ilh1~tmti1iu  ,h,1'  dH 

_\:;  a  t'llll 'tqnt'lll'11  11f 

II 

GENERAL 

General  Jackson,  born  in  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.,  January  21st,  1824,  died  at  Chancellorsville,  Va.,  May  10th,  1863,  was .graduated  from .the Uni: 
States  .Military  Academy,  in  1846.  He  was  ordered  to  Mexico,  became  a  lieutenant  in  Magruder's  battery,  and  took  part  m  ~eneral  ·  ·ott s  cam 
Ell 
from  Vera  Crnz  to  the  city  of  Mexico.  He  was  twice  brevetted  for  good  conduct  at  Churubusco  and  Chapultepec.  He  res1~11ed  fr~!" .t~e army m 
1851,  on  bis  election  as  professor  of  philosophy  and  artillery  tactics  in  Virginia  Military  Institute.  A  few  days  after  the  secess1011  of  \  1rgrnia  he  took 
relieved  by Gene  1 
command  of  the  troops  that  were  collecting  at  Harper's  Ferry, and  when  Virginia  joined  the  Confederacy,  a  few  weeks  later,  he  wa 
Joseph  E.  Johnston,  and  then  became  commander  of  a  brigade  in  Johnston's  army,  which  rank  he  held  at  the  battle  of  Bull  1lnn.  For  his  cond11C1 
on  that  occasion  he  was  made  major  general,  and  in  November,  1861,  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  district  that  included  the  henaudoab  \al(cid:173)
ley  and  ~be  portion  of  Virgii;iia  n_or~hwest  of  it.  I~ .186~  Ja?kson  defeated  Banks  at  Front  Royal  and  Winchester,  Fremont  and  )lcDowell  at  C 
Keys,  ~brnlds at  :rort  Repnbh~,  F1tzJohn  ~01:ter  at  Games s  ¥111,  Banks  at  Cedar  Hun  and  Pope  at  the  second  Bull  Run.  He  invested  and  C3ptnmi 
Harpers  Ferry  with  13,ooo. pnsoners,  and  Jomed  Lee  at  Antietam.  He  defeated  Hooker  at  Chancellorsville,  where  he  received  his  death  wounds, acct. 
dentally,  at  the  hands  of  his  own  men. 

General  ~forgan,  born  in  liu ntsville  Ala 

GENEHAL  JOHN  H.  MORGAN. 
J nue 

. 

16

~reeneville, ~l'enn., Sertember 4th,  18C4.'  He ·~crved ir~ tti'  1&C'.  d.icd  near 
ar  with  l\Iex(cid:173)
1co  as  first  lreutenant  Ill  a  cavalry  regiment.  At  the 
War  he  entered  the  Confederate  Army  as  captain  of  tlpeKug  of  the  Civil 
teers,  and  joined  General  Simon  B.  Buckner at  the  h  lcl 
;nti1cky Volnn(cid:173)
Hiftes.  During  the  winter  of  1862-'3  he  command  ~ac  0  the Lexington 
General  Braxt,on  Brag~'s  army,  and  greatly  annoyecr  Ga  cnl'alry  force  in 
outposts  and  commumcations.  He  soon  began  .1  sc .·  ieneral . Hosecrans's 
to  garrison  e'vcr  11~ 8  of  rauls  in  Ken. 
tucky,  which  mndo 
In  18G2  he  .wa~  appointed  major  general:  111;11ort~lllt  town  in 
the  State. 
a  bold  and. exle!1s1ve  r~1d  rnto  K~ntucky, Ohio  and  lnd" 1  18G3  ho  headed 
J,urn,  bnt wn  cnpt(cid:173)
tured  and  11npnsoncd  111  the  Oh10  Penitentiary  H 
hie  way  out  in  November,  18U3,  1rnd  then  nndortook e  esc:ipc:d  by  diggincr 
While  at  a  farmhouse  near  <;lrocneville,  'l'enn., he  wasa  r~i.d  In  'rc1tnc•sse:. 
ertll  troops  under  General  011lem,  and  in  attempting  t 811110unded  bv  Fed-
o  scape  was  km  ' 

it  necessnry 

Cli.  406 

B.ANKS'S  EXPEDITION-BURNING  OF  THE  STATE  CAPITOL  OF  LOUISIANA,  BATON  ROUGE,  TUESDAY  NIGHT,  DECEMBER  30TH,  1862. 

THE  WAR  ~ TE. 3ESSEE-FEDERA.L  PICKE'f8  APPROAUHED  BY  CONFEDERATES  IN  CEDAJ  numrns 

EA!t  CHATT  NOOGA. 

Oar  ke  ch  bow 
tn orr 
in  the  dn  kv  twili2'ht,  continuously  and  stealthily.  that  the ir  o.nwarrl  moYemcnt  mny  be  taken  for  the  mero  swaying  of  the  trees  in  the  winil.  Bhl 
n 
the  pie  ~t  in  the  third  y~ar of  the  war  were  keen  of  eye  and  fjl~1ck  of  ear,  and  the  hand  on  the  .trigger . tells  that  some  will  fall  in  their  c  <lnr  coffi n 
to  lie 

the  Confederate  device  for  shooting  dow.n  the  Fede ral  pickets.  We  have  here  not  a  whole  wood  mnrching,  but  siuglo  tree 

"th  no  oth  r  C(:rem  nt  of  the  gr:n·e  and  molder  away  amid  the  crags  and woocls  of  that  w1Jil  tcmtory. 

407 

- :--- __ 

THE  WAR  IN  LOUISIANA-THE  ARMY  OF  GE:NER.AL  BANKS  CROSSING  VERMILION  BAYOU,  OCTOBER  Hmr,  1863. 

Our  artist  presents  a  view  of  t he  F ederal  army  und er  General  Banks  crossing Vermil ion  Bayou  on  October  10th,  1863.  He  reached  it  on  the  9th, 
and  fin ding  the  bridge  destroyed,  sheiJed  the  shores,  and  meeting  no  response,  ordered  his  engineers  to  lay  the  pontoon  bridges,  on  which  the  forces 
crossed,  aa  shown  in  our  engraving. 

rHE  WA.R  IN  nISSISSIPPI-GENERAL 

l'tfoPHERSON'S  AR!\IY  CROSSING  THE  BIG  BLACK  AT  l\IESSE~GEB'S  FERRY,  THCRSDAY, 

OCTOBER  15TH,  1863. 

When  the  Confederates  began  to  _concentrate  all  their  avai1able  forces  before  Ros?crans  at  Chattanooga  :i.  ~iversion wns  mode  by  General l\fcPhet 'l)ll, 
l't"  n  into  Mississippi  as  far  as  Canton,  and  compe!lecl  them  to  sacnfic.e  mnch  or  clrnngo  their  plan  .  The alarm caused  mr beneueisl. 
y rro~-

1 om  the  Confederates  learned  to  respect  at V1cksbnrg,  moved  rap1dl,\'  nnd  struck  severely.  Our  sketch  repr  sen~ tho 

d 

a1n 1~j"pe< 1 10 

. 
iersodnf,  wdl  th  Big  Black  at  a  place  rJilled  Messenger's  Ferry, on  Thursday,  October  15th. 

arm 

"'.)10  le 
~eneral ,;'\. c 
me  by  brulr,e  an 

or 

e 

, 

410 

THE  INVASION  OF  PENNSYLVANIA-WORKING  ON  THE  FOHTIFICATIONS  NEAR  HARRISBURG,  PA.,  JUNE  16TH,  1863. 

Our  artist  gives  a  view  of  the  citizens  of  Harrisburg  laboring  on  the  fortifications  of  that  city,  showing  the  tardy but  ineffective  preparations  marle. 
Meanwhile  the  New York  regiments,  all  accustomed  to  military  drill  and  evolution,  some  already  tried  by  actual  service,  were  hurrying  to  t he  scen e  of 
action;  and  on  these  men,  till  the  War  Department  could  assign  regulars  or  volunteers,  depended  the  safety  of  Pennsylvania. 

THE  WAR  IN  GEORGIA- STEVF.NSON,  ALA.,  DEPOT  FOR  GENERAL  ROSECHA  S'S  ARJ\IY. 

th- ~~e campaign  of  General  Rosecrans  brought  him  to  a  district  wh ere  it  wa 
A-:  o"lect  of  t.he  struggle,  was  in  Tennessee ;  but  the  battle  of  Chickam au  a  wa~ ~o  ~!LS.f  to  ~om ~mber tho  St~te !11  winch  }_11acos  ~vorc. 
of  t~  ma_n  may  actually  stand  in  three  States,  wo  may  credit  tho  assertion  !hat  fro  ouE  t tl G~,rgia, i.md  Rosocrnns s  depot  of  supplws was  Ill  Alidnim a. 
.evenaon  is  an  mporta.11t  point,  as  there  a  railroad  fro~ Nashville  come~ in. 

In  the  railroad  line  from  Memphis  which  at  Cleveland  bran~  ~o  Lu t  hfunta1n:o~ll' cyo  can  d1sccrn  i:;cvcn  of  the 

rn·crnig 11 t i , 
le1gh,  UharleAton,  Savu.m1u.h  rmtl  Mo11tgo mcry, 

c  es  o  ync  mrg, 

St 

ie  ...  e'I!'  \\ orl.d. 

t 

. 

. 

. liatta11ooga, 

4:1J 

THE  WAR  IN  VIRGINIA-CONFEDERATE  SIGNAL  STATION  NE.AR  BEVERLEY  FORD. 

THE  \\'Al'.  IX  'TE.XA.~.-IlRO\\TNSVJLLE,  OCCUPIED  BY  THE  ARMY 

GENERAL  N.  P.  BANKH,  r 

1Hn:I.  Yltoi\[  A 

f-; l"Jt:'l'('ll 

II\ 

J ,, 

, \ Y I•' In 

'1\ui  ... ,  .. , .....  '"''""rn<1nt  .. r  C\•011•iri•\  1"1\1\KI\  ''Y  water,  .i{lor  i\r:iw\ng  Mu.grudor  into  U10  low  grou n<l s  of  Lou.isi11la,  Was  most  Bll CCOBS [ul , .n ntl  I.ho  i111yort.1111t.  li110  oC  lh 

\.\,\,.  n  ,,,., • ., .. ,.,1,  •··"'"'''"  \,,,  .,.,.,.rr,.tM\. 

a-... 

'\.T'!t\.~\T\'_,(  h<1H\ 

\"()r\,  \',i-c,wn  '\'{\(\  oni1mw<:rr<~<\  \,()  c.'ce.\.l'Oy  it .. 

' \'hi,.  11.•·oi.t  11to1'  wt\8  \ookc11  fol'  hy  tho  coun\.ry  a(Lc>'  (\<mont.l  Ba11ks  s:.ule<  Lo  Now  Orlun11s. 

\Vo  g 1vo  11  fl110  v1uw  of  l\1·own1<vill1',  "h i<•h  wa11 

'~bo  l~C\1era.\s  oxl.lng ui FthO\l  ll\o  ftroa  t\THl  n  bloody  ()ght.  Ot\l:lllOll.  Our  Al  ct.c h  Hli O WK  l.hu  r  t'l'io~  U11Hj  at.  Wnl'I\. 

\\  ith1111I 

IP 
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r 

ll in  <h1111d11  \Ill'~  clc'l'llfiiPol 

i1111111.,(mfc•h 

fnll1>4pt>..til1  .. 

THE  WAR  IN  LOUISIANA- NEW  IBERIA . 

.---=.=::-: ____ 

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TITE  WAR  IX  YTTIGTXI.\.-GEXERH.J 

:\fE.-\DE  REC'R()RS:CTG  THE  R-\PP.AHA).-XOCK.  OC'TOBER,  186.'l.  BEFORE  LEE'S  AD\AXC'E.-FRO:\I  A  SKETCII  BY  nun  ST'T'C'UT~  Affl'!ST, 
'tlPmkl  ~fonrl.,,  1~ho~1> forrr>,  h111l  hPr>n  wpnkPnPrl  tn  rPinfni·re  tllf•  A.rm•  of  lhP  C"nmhPrlanrl .  '"ll'I  no  lon!!'Pl'  in  n  rnnrlition  to  hol1l  thP  poqition  Ro  long- anrl  so  often  occnpi  cl  hy  lho  FP•l Pr:d  nrm y.. 

t 
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is  re  rogrnne  movement  -o  complete y  t  rnt 

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,-enera 

ee  was  foiled  in  nll  his  attempts  to  gain  his  rear,  annoy  his  flanks  or  crn ,  1  his  rear  g nn rd. 

r r:l,I 
t 
n  R 
the  Hnppnhnnnock. 

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'IRE  OPERATIONS  NEAR  WASHINGTON-SCENE  OF  THE  FIGH'r  IN  FRONT  OF  FORT  STEVENS,  JULY 

12

TH-laTH, 

lS64. 

l  .  ot 

. 

' 

\'Y \14,n  11cw11  of  lhe  Confr<lemte  invasion  reach eel  Grant  h e  sent  up  to  City  Point  the  old  Sixth  Corps,  that  had  so  long  battled  n nd e r 

S  d 
e  gwic  '  ~v 
11Ciirti  <!f . 1\ic  W11 hing~on 1100-p\r,  lit.I.le  snspccling  thn.t  they were  to  have  a  brilliant  little  battle  of  their  own  under  the  eyes  of  the  President.  About  six  0  General  Wright 
'f ·om  Forts  11[ 
a.  •'\•·chvi\.y  on .'1<1lh  111<lc11  ot  l'.ovenLh  8trcct.  rou<l  (Brookville  Turnpi ke)  into  a  little  valley  running  across  the  road  n.bout  a  mile  north  of  Fort  Stevens. 
\n<· 1: 1Y h\'tn ·~\'"  trt'\\< '\'ho  <\v:c\lings  on  I.he  hi\\  opposite,  sh ell.er  for  sh arpshooters  were  preliminarily  emptied  by  shells  which  set  them  on  fire-shells  sei~  1
~: 111\.,.11~;.~~r~ .• ~ ,:~\'  e  ~\lt'"''~;.\'i-i;  Lo  ~\,o riv,ht  anil  \<if\.,  11ashe1l  with  1nnrahs  oi  de1i ght  at  the  two  TJOsitions  on  each  side  'of  the  Seventh  Street  ro11d.  The 
1 
on 
<  \M". ~"  'm\'.,  ,,\,..:~'":~~ ... ,., ,."~,,,~:~~,,.~0~, "t;.'~;\ l\\.,rnom~nt,\  A  ;ogim~1t o(  c:w~1ry '"""c<l  from  a  wood,  secminl?ly  Blair's,  to  the  succor  of  their  flving  infant~\  Federa~sl~ oters. 
''''"'"""'  .,,;  '"'"""'""'""'~ \,':;.;""~~ ...  ,_:~\''\ .. ~"~\1.!~'~:~·~~~  o\.~~~  ~;,:}'~'.g;;,.;,;~;,~\.lllo~lcn!inntos  neit,h01:Co~f.e<;lerate  cavalr.v  nor  infA!1tr.V  wHs . in  si~ht .. 

'""'·~"  •\\ 

hence  they  em barked  for  W i 

·an<l  shar 

them'. 

.  k 

fie. 

01 

8 

8  8  u.n<l  Oor<lon  s  d1v1s1ons  of  Ewell's  corps  m  headlon g  flight  be  ote 

,  lock  on  the  12th  tl 
1
·d 
ered  a  small  brin-·\do  of  ·  f 

\S  l lll  on.  They  W('n t  porln 

e  Confederates  show  d  then  .  1 t ps  '1'J?Ylllg  th 
tln\1  n 
'1'~ 11  ai~\ry  tn  ch•  Lt  1  nt  tho 
i1d1  ntn 
it'ap 'cl  frolll  h<'hin1l  t ht•fr 
t11>1•J><l' 
.~tt 

l•'Nhri\i 
~\  b•c  1to  i·t  '<'iHl  lh1 

out  of  their  rifi  pits  l~n l 
'l'he  Ji'ed  rals  h  1\ 
onble-quicked  in  lin 

. 
e  H'~  <'iHlllll 
H 

fed erates  sl'dissachusetta  and 

lo bt~m 

''  • .t  o(  1111 

O \  •'r  I.hi 

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1 

1 

O 

Ou_r  readers  wil]  be ,able  to  study  the  siege  of  Petersburg  in  om  illustr'.1tions  as  they  ~id  that  o_f  Vicksbnrg. 

It  is  one  of  t.hose  cases  where  pictorinl  illnstrn.tion  has  an  advautnge  over  mero  vcr.h:il  ncco~1nt~. 

the  Thi:ty-fonrth  ~ewJ:ork Battery  (Roomer's)  and  the  Seventh  :Maino  (Tw1tcholl's),  of  Wilcox's  Third  Dirision  of  Bnrnside's  Ninth  Army  Corps,  shelling  the  city  of  Petersburg  itself  as  it  sta11d'  m  full  .1ght.  :u11l  l• 
three  miles  olI. 

ll  n .  '''  \' 
thui 

THE  WAR  IN  VIRGINIA-ROEMER'S  BATTERY,  THIRD  DIVISIO  r,  NINTH  ARl\lY  CORPS,  SHELLING  PETEHSBURG. 

. 

·  1 

OENEHAL  BENJAMIN 

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J'UBIR  IL 
IT• 

r (,\  u  f  1 

a111l  to  lllll  was  111  ll~ 

aLt·wk  Vi<'loilrnrg  from  a ioro,  11'1orao11,  n  1ng  Wlo  l  llll\ 

I  March  'l8Lh  18Gi  and  co111n1audcr  of  a cavalry  hrig1t(lc  in  Deccn1bor.  He  was  cugiigcd  in  nearly  nil  tin'  ettinh) 

.  Pa  July 8(,h  182G.  At an early :wo  ho  rornovotl  to  'l'rnmbull  County,  Ohio,  and  was  snb  cquently <.rn_g:igl'd  i1~  th_e 
Geucral  CJ rierson,  born  Ir!  Pi tJ~i" 1 ' ~t ti;~  liegin n ii;g  of  tho  Ui vi l  War  ho "ueca1110  ai(lo-<le-cam p  to  (l cucrnl  Pren Liss,  was  rna(lo  mnjor of  tho ~ix th  l ll1n°.1~ 
prr1duce  liusiness at ,focksonvill (', 
·  1 
01
1
: 8'eo ·~nd  Nortl;<'l'll  1'ii8sisHipp1,  and  in  April,  18(i:J,  rnado  a  s11ccessfti l  C1t\'1tlry  rnid  from  La Ornnge  to  Haton  Hci~ig<1' 
<'·ivalry  in  August,  1801  :  bccamc,1<;o 
(lllll  ~ 
(J
i Ii;  in  WeHtcrll 
I 
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r;en,..ral  llarrison  twenty-third  President of  the United 
Ilis fa.Lher,  John  cott  Harri-on, 
thir:l  i'Oll  of  Gen~ral William  llenry Ilarrison,  ninth President  of  the United• 'tates,  who  was  the  third  anu youngest  son  of  Benjamin  Harri  on.  oue 
wa-
'?ott lla;rison wa~ twice  married,  his  second  wife  being Elizabeth,  cln.urrhter  of 
of  die  :<i'.!ner3  of  the  Declaration of  Independence,  from  Yirginia. 
Il1s  parents  were  resolutely  determine1]  upon  the  education  of 
Archibald  Irwin,  of  Mercersburg,  Pa.  Benjamin was  the  second  son  o~  this  .marnag.e. 
In 1  H,  he  and  his  elder  brother  were 
their  chili1re11 .  anJ  earl\·  in  chil<lhood  Benjamin  was  place(~  u.nder _pnrnte  10struc~1on  at  home. 
nt  to  a 
chool  on  wl  a~ wa:;  kno":11  a· College  Hill.  a few  miles from  Oincm1_rnt1.  After remammg there two  years  he  entered  the  junior  clas"  at .J[i::uni 
T  ni~er,ity, 
in  Oxford,  0 ..  where  he  waa  graduated  in  1  52. 
Ile  ''.as  marrietl,  qctober  20th,  1  53,  ~o  Caroline  , cott,  daughter  of  Dr. John  W.  , <'Ott,  who  wa. 
then  pre  1cl  nt  of  the  Oxford  Female  .'cminary,  from  which  .Jlrs.  Ilarns?u  was  graduated_  Ill  1  52.  After  studying  law  urnler  .  torer  and  CTwyn11c,  in 
f'incinnn  i.  0., he  wa•  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1'-5!, and  began  the practice  of  hrn  profe"sJOn  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  which  htui  since  been  hi  hom  . 
In 
1. GO.  M;.  Harrj  o~t wa>  cho.;en  reporter  of  the  :·upr_emc  Court. ?f  Illinois  on  the  Repn,?l!can  ticket  liy_  a  majority  of  nine  thou  and  six  h11udrell  all!l 
e1ghty-e:gl t.  Tiu.  was  hi'  first  actirn  appearance  m  the  pol1l1cal  fielrl.  When  the  Cm!  War began,  rn  186~, he  entered  the  army ns  n.  s  c:ond  li  ut  n(cid:173)
ant •. o!  Indi  na  rnlua~ee~s.  After  a  -Jiort  sen-ice  he  organized. a;  company  of  the  • e~enti.eth  Inrliana  regiment,  wa3  commissioned  colonel  on  the  corn(cid:173)
ple.1011  of  th~ organ.1z11t1on,  and  served  through  the  war,  rece1nng  the  bre>et  ?f  br1gaclier  general  of  volnnteer:;  on  .January  ;~3rl,  1  G:i. 
th  11  re(cid:173)
turned  to  lndianapoh  nnd  r~umetl hi- office  of  :·upreme  Conrt  reporter,  to wl11ch  he  had  heen  re-e1ecterl  tlurinrr  l1is  ab  ence  in  1  G4-. 
In  l  i(i  hewn 
th~ ~:  p~blica_n  candi~aLe for  Governor  of  In1lia11a,  but  was  defeater!  by a. smal~ plurality.  Preaident Hayes  appoi1~terl  him  on  tho  )fj ·  i 
ippi  Hivcr  Com-
Ile  wag  <lele~ate  at  largo  to  the  n puhlican 
1~1·  Oil  in. I  • ~.  !1nd  _in  ]  -o  he  wa 
~·  tton  I C omen  1<m  m  J 
to  118  for  ,John 
·~I'\ Al~·r,  .j:J  for  Wal.ter  Q.  Grc  h.am,_5  for  ,James  G.  Blaine,  anrl  ~ !or  Wi}linrn  ~l_cKinlev,.  a;i  t11e  c·an1folato  of 
'her!n  r!,  .](J()  for  Hu 
th  t  pnrly 
for  ( 1 ro~ ·r 
for  Ir  1 lent.  1 he  nommat1on  wa  matlo  unanimon  ;  ani.l  111  •  O\'ernbcr  he  was  elected,  recc1n11g  ;!:JJ  Yotcs  111  the  blectorul  College,  to  lf.i 
Cle  el  nd.  He  w  duly  in  ugur  ted, 

.  On  .Tune  1 !Jth.  1  88,  at  Chicago,  Ill., and  011  tho  e1!:{h th  an11  final  hallot,  lie  hail  rccciveil  G41  vote 

(;}er;ted  'Gniteil  ."tac~ senator,  takrng  his  sea~  on  )farch  4-th,  18  ]. 

larch  4th, l~"'!J. 

417 

tates,  was  born  at :Korth  Bend,  Ohio,  August 20th,  1  33. 

John 

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Till:  W.AH  1.  LOUJHIANA.- GE  ' ERAL  BANKS'S  ARMY, 

IN 

'fHE  ADVANCE  ON  SHREVEPOR'I',  CI<.OSSING  CANE  RIVER,  M:AHOII 

:nsT, 

lSG-1. - SirnTC'HED  BY 

n 

'T'EC'l\1, 

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u.  tt)  \\ 11 . 

<iur  11ki· lc:h  rnpresinils  tho  Army  o(  tho  <:ulf,  1111<1cr  Uc11crnl  Frnn~clin, crossing  Cane  River  hy  bri~ge  and  po11Loo11s,  on  March 3lsL,  1864. 

'.l'hc  P?inL  sk 'lchc~1  is  n.~>onl.  fifty-four  mi h's  1~ho\~· .\IP  anilria.  Tin 

H1\\  wh \d1 f<1lluw,:<\  ia  th11 11  1\uscri\il,d  liy  onr  corroi;prl111l  •11L:  "On  tltu  it!  of  April  011t·  Cl~V1dry ii1lvanc111g  011  tlhr •voporc  came  upon  Lho  Oonfodo11it.os  m  forco  1it  Crn111p  ~  lli\l,  Lwouly-t.wo  n11h"·  fr1.i11  \,~diitoi•lt, "•  ,1 1i,•r,  tht• 
\  ""' 1111\ 
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M1~)01·  Ba1111fcll'll,  IH'ing  in  tho  ndv1L11Ce  of  L11cns'a  brigade,  skirmishecl  wit.h  tho Oonfml  rnlra.  who  mnrlo  n  stnncl  eight  tinH't<,  lint  ('onlc1  not  hold  thl'ir  gTntrnil.  TJ 11•  tir  1  lii1t• 
i.,.ttt n 

~ '  m 1111111•  i\  "' •1  t\11  ~•:•:<JH<\  1111111nl1·<\.  Af\t•1·  ll11Jir  rcp11lso  hore  tho  UonferloraLes  relirod  up  Lhe  1\hm11y  rourl,  p u rsu  cl  by  1\l1Ljor  Bassford. 
t i.  \ 11 

'L'hey  11111110  it  al1t1Hl  nutl  0p  ncd  with  1wtill1'1'\'.  h11t  1:,1" t.•  · 

l'l•·:1"tllll.  lliH  \1rn11d1  olT. 
lh  \'-rll.'Y"• '\',~'X1  C"h."11\\ry  \H  <~onftllnt>1i. 

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'r IE  WAR  I 

VIHGINIA-GENERAL  BUTLER'S  LINES  SOUTH  OF  THE  JAMES,  VA.,  WITH  TROOPS  IN  POSI'fION 

JEAH  THE  FEDEHAL  OE  THE,  A"\YAI'l'lNCl 

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l'HF\ h)l' S 

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THE  ARRIVAL  OF  GENERAL  GRA  T'S  ATil\IY,  JUNE  3n,  1864. 

The  sudden  lransfcr  of  operations  by  General  Crant  from  the  old  battle  ground  on  the  Chickahominy,  historic  from  the  bloo<ly  campaign  of  1862 

11,nd  ln<len  with  th<'  dC'tHlly  minslll  o(  tlw  'hi1•k:llh)ll1in~  '\\lllll}''•  1\'  tlto 

ro111L  south  of  "he  J ames  River  occnpied  by  General  Butler  gtLVe  that comparatively  fresh  locality additional interest  Lo  the pnblic.  We  by  before  our  rcad~rs a  sketch  of  thl'  fortiflcti.tions  behn'N\  tilt  ,lnnws  :\thl  th\' .\l'l' 'matt\1 
'l•1r  l'i1>1v  is  Lakell  from  within,  showing  the  aholLer  tcnls  j 1{8i<le  the  works,  and  the  rnon  manning  the  line,  a.ll'aiLing  an  aUack  of  tho  cnrmv. 

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THE  w_m  IS  \IRGIXll-A  REGiliL\I  OF  THE  EIGHTEESTH  CORPS  CARRITXG  A  PORTIQ_- OF  BEXDREGARD' 

OF  PETER  Rl"RG. 

We  opened  our  ti:in.ery  ·~ once  and  commeu 
Confederate  work'.  on  the  ri'.2hL  wa 
three  wounded.  We  kept  on- firing  for  about  balf  an  hour.  when  our  infantrY- Griffiu'- bri!!:vk-made  a  charr!e  and  captured  the  fort.  t.'l~lllg'  Ye  guu- and.  abou 

• .1id  an  officrr:  •·It  was  now  abont  fiye  o'clock  P. 

guns  by onr  -bell-."  The  works  on  the  left  were  carried,  after  a  de·perate  fight.  by  the  Eighteenth  Corp  .  of  which  we  giYe  a  near  new. 

carried  by  Burnside's  coryr. 

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THE  WAR  IN  GEORGIA--CAPTURE  OF  LOST  IIIOUNTAIN  BY  GENERAL  HOOKER,  JUNE 

lGTir,  1861. 

On  ,June  14th  General  IIooker  pushed  forward  with  Geary  in  the  advance,  and  soon  came  np  with  the  enemy.  Having  driven  the  Oonfeclcratcs  from  two  hills.  Gear y,  being  without  wppMl  upon  his  rii.;ht,  11:1s  fn_r'11l 

halt.  Bn~terueld  a~rl  Williams  having  arrived  and' formed  in  open  fields  on  the  right  of  Ge::i.ry's  position,  about  th rec  o'clock  P.  :.\l.,  G cneral  . JT ooker  ordcrnd  an  iLd vaucc  of  the  orps. 
th.o 
e~e.rn_y'a  pickrtR  ri~flldly before  them,  halLing  now  and  then  a  mom e nt  to  dislodge  some  of  the  more  stubborn  of  t he  Confederates,  who  maintarned  th  ir  fire  until  almost  under  Lho  f•et  of  tho  at11:1nei11~  tnH1p.s. 
<~··11t11:il  (11•,11  I  11 
'l'he  rnor!1lllg  of  chc  15th  ope 11e1l  11~th  lw:\1\  hr111  ':.'•'d 11.1t 11:g .111  r··r·llin • 
d 1 ~ 181011  w~s .t.IJP,. fm;t  to  enco1111 ter  tire  ene1:ri y  in  strong  force,  wi t,h  w horn  one  or  two  sharp  volleys  were  exchanged,  and  they  thcH  ~ell  back. to  .thci r  strongly  in tr.cnchc<l  lines,  from  ll'h ioh  . tht•y  opl'lll''.l  :i  !l'ITI hl1'. h1 •'·. 
1111 
~he com.mr,nceni~nt. of  a  fieree  strngglc,  which.  lasted  until  after  dark.  Unrler  t!ic  .cover  .of  darkn ess.  Lhe  enemy  Lhrcw  out  a  stro!1g  l111e  of  sk1r 1111 slr e rR .. 
ai;  nttar,k  01, the  ConfeclcmtLes.  to  break  Lhe  picket  lines  of  Oeary's  :;)econcl  an<l  r~1rd  Br.1ga<les.  Artillery  was  placed  along  the  lm es,  ::i.ncl  t.ook  a  yronunent  part  111  L110  strn gglc,  which  ro11 tw 1w<l  with  \'1H)lll!{  111t\11R1t~  tll  .1fl~: 
tught!all.  Early 00  tho  morning  of  tlio  16th  the  skirmishers  0 {  Geary's  First  Bngade  discovered  that  the  enemy  had  evacuated,  aud  they  immed.uitoly  pushed  iuto  the  works. 

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·rm;;  POURTEEN'rH,  SIXTI~ENTR  AND 

TWEN'rI:rJ'fII  ARMY  conrs  ON  KENBRAW 

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t<J  fta.nk  1t, and  on  Ju11 e  22<11.h e  corps  of 

Kenesaw  Mou_nta1n, a  seconcl  L00kout  among  its  fello~ s,  is  about  four  mi.Jes  in  le11glh  anrl  some  fonr 

tl 
tea<>h (:d 
Co11foderu.t 0  hattl!ries.  The  Twent1 elh  ancl  'l'wentv-~hird  wheeled  on  the  left  to  hem  in  U1e'  Confer101"ttcs  hebveen  Lho  Fcdorn l  lino  n,ncl  t.he  rnilron.11. 
chc?~ tho  m_ovom•~ni.  Bchoftolcl  tL1lf1  liookci·  warn, 'howover,  1·ca11y. 
1;o_?.1l..1<m,  wnH.;h .  l?.a.Y•> tn 11m 
~1;\  ''"'r1" Ta1.>i•h-y  'hy  a.  co111\mw•\ 

t\  llloRL  di g: ni lh•11  upp  .  l'l\lll'\ 1, 
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'!'HE  SIEGE  OF  PETERSBUTIG-13ATTLE  OF  REAM'S  STATION-THE  ATTEMPT  OF  THE  ENEMY  TO  REGAIN  THE  WELDON  RAILROAD  ON 

'l'lIE  EVENING  OF  A  C: 

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, .1'he. enemy havi~1g  lwc11  repulsed,  the  l<~eder?-1  skirmishers  follow ed,  advancing  n ea rly  to  the  positio~  they  ~iad  foi:mcrly .hel.<l,  and  capturing  a  nnmbcr  of  prisoners.  ShorLlv  after 
aga1n  dnv1•11  hack  w1tl1  hc:avy  loss·  and  llwir  third  assault  made  about  four  o'clock  P.  ~L  was  attenrleJ  with  a  like  sat1sfacto1y  iesnlt. 
1 
openi,cl  a  heavy,  conec·ntratccl  fire  from  a  number  of  batte1'.ies  pouri11g  a  storm  of  shell  a~d  other  mi ssiles  over  the  entire  aniphithea~re  inclndcd  within  the  Fed 
..  l  r  enem_v\/1 Sl'<  1
1
'!llemy  agi4in  made  their  appearance  in  front  of  General  Mile~'s  division  their  a•srwlt  being  directed  mainly  against  hi s  centre.  Emcrgrng from  the  woo1ls  they  oclrne
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1m1,  as  11e  ore,  with  a  rapid  fire,  but  without  checking  their  progress.  On  they came,  with  bayonets  11xec  an<  wit 1°.11 
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JJrH:  fl'>lnts  a  hanrl-t<>-ha11d  conf11ct  cnsnccl  over  the  top  of  the  breastworks,  the  Federals  beating  back  the  Confederates  with  then  bayonets  as  they  attempted  t 
\ 
1\r  tlir;  centre,  an•l  the  gap  once  made  rapidlv  arew  wi<le r  until  nearly the  e ntire  line  was  swept  back  leaving  tl1e  Federal  l.Jreas~works  nn(l  artillcr 
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't.~u:~.~,''.'J:  "''~1n  f<.r':"ard<l,  l1:d  th•·rn  in  person  in  a  chtirge  :ii.  do11\ilc-quiek 
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1,;...,,  ll.'""'"''r  \><'rt  ,,f  \.\;r. 

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·  B  or  some  11s.ancc  urL  Hll'  lowarr1  tho  left.  After  the  enemy  ball  been  cl1ecke< 

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'I  TOWARD  FORT  JAOKSON. 

A.t  twelye  minutes  be~ore four  o'clock  A.  M.  the  mine  was  sprung,  in  the  presence  of  General  Bt~tler  and  staff.  A  dense  black  smoke.  nt  ?rs~  immediare~y followincr  th.e  uphen,·al  0f  the  earth.  "tl~  ,\H'let1lt  J  hy .. I  n.J  ~n 

olond  of  white  smoke,  which  entirely filled  the  gap  and  concealed  the  result  of  the  scbe~e.  Ou  ~olhng. away  it  re>ealed  the  bank  settled  aga11~  11!to  nearly  its .former  po  Ji ion.  but  indented  with  a  i;pe'it'il  t'f  'r.\h r.  int' 
the  water  ran  slowly  from  the  canal  below.  No  connection  betwec-T  foe  canal  and  the  river  was  i mmediately established,  although,  as  we  h:n-e  rnt1mated,  tho  disturbance  of  the  embanknH'llt  di  po  l'\i  it  suit  hh  ft r  th 
action  of  the  cnrrent, and  lightened  the  subsequent  labors  of  tb..;:  ip.ng. 

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• 

BLOWING  OUT  OF  THE  BULKHEAD  OF  THE  DUTCH  GAP  CAN.AI ,  JAMES  RIIEB,  \ A.,  JA.i.'IUARY 

lsT,  1  65. 

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VIEW  OF  RICHMOND,  VA.,  FROM 

'fHE  PIUSON  CAMP  A'f  BELLE  ISLE,  JAJ\ffiS  RIYBR 

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l.11lt-1nd  o[  n  11111  kit. 
f11111pH  111t1•rr•rl,  it  wa~  fu 11 11d  tliat  th1•  n·tr•·nli11g  1'mif"lt•r  tt 

()fJI:  1,(  ll11:  l•1:il<'r1d  ""ld11·rH,  111  wlur;h  Ll11·  1111f•11l1111alr·  l ',,11f1·d1·ml1J  got  hi~  brair1H  d11  h•·d  011t  11ith  1111 

ll11• ir  li111•H  by  wlii1: h  tli1:ir  right  w:i~  /lairl;r·d. 

\\11,.11  1111•  F1·'11·rnl 

~rtusi. ha•  giv•·'.1 
1 fu  '
'-"pts111  w)J,,  r
'Jf  tli•~  <;i,nfttl•·rat."IJ  Willi  \•·ry .rri•u:li  '.'ttrili11t.•·d  i11  tli1:  brill1ar1t  1:l1:nw:  mu.di:  1q1()ll 
q u1jrit1Ly  1,f  r 11u11  and  t11r11••11t1r1•.. 

t,,  Wrr•:1id•·r  JirH  g11r1. 

J\  Hl1a1r;  1·11•:•J1Jrrl.l·r  •·ri·rwd  fJl'l.W•·•;11  h1111  rurd 

'1111;  llarn1;Jj  w1;rr!.,  }111w<:v1Jr,  1wl,dw:d  twfor1;  ull  wa~ ,J,,~troy1:d. 

1 

l1y  (,1;ri1·ral 

1 

r 
)ur  ·•T•t&t  1mnt  ""  ·w1th 

,  •. 

. 

. 

f 
t111s  8ket.ch  of'· Bummers  Foragmg"  a  graplnc  account  o 

. 

. 

\~~,' ~'~:~~;':, ~'?,''·  "".' 
••\  """T  ,,..."'  ,':;,,~·~'\/(  \''··~,la.\.vn'  own<"1  \,y  a  \eadrng  Conf.cclerato  named  Fitzgerald.  Here  the  Federal  sold1e1s  foun  1  ui ied 

ti..  g"~'''r:•\_ ru\e,  tlrny  always  e:ame  back  very  we1l  mou~tcd, with  the  an i mals  they  rode .JI~  t.  ie  nd 

,_..,,,"'I-<>•: ...  ..,,,.:,~::.~~  ".I•::{:;:~::::,~·~~:~:'  "'''.~'"X'.  quant\_ty  ot  the  ftneRt  Ma<lcir:i  wine,  which  had  been  stowed  away  in  t h e  old  gentleman's  w · 

1 blll·~  la<~en,  er.en  to  breakin 

't.o  ~\\;\1.\  Ol\  t.hm.r. 

'\.hOT'norn.b 1 o  mn.rch  through  Goorg!a.  n.n<l  South  Un.rolino..'' 

iese  active  and  u nscn 
1• 
0 1  nou.rly  t h11 Ly  yon.rs~ 

dow~p~vft.tls.  c llows  gonornlly  startocl  ~mt  0 \ '0 1"J'  morning  11w11nt<•<l  vii  "''n  mi'.'HI 
1
.11,•/11111 
- JJ  ~) ~ces, a n  im.1~1011 so  q1rn11tit,y  of  gold  n11d  k'iln•r  1•1111,•.  "' 11,..  "",cn•·ut ..  ,  ''"" 
...... ,.,·  lb:1t  ,,, ... 

1  ,il~  tho  good  thrngs  of  tlus  world. 

in  vanous  ou t-of-th!wa 
l tlO  co  a t 

Jn  <lilt'  pla,•1•  in  .-:,111t/1  (

111 dood.  us  ll  >ft'IJl'l":il  tlnn  ... 

,,~ .. n 

1,., 

f 

It 

1 

t l 

· 

ie1r  mo  1l 

d  8  OJ?erandi. 
1 

. 

IIo  wroto ·  "Tl 
10 . 

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. 

SHERMAN'S  "BUl\IMERS"  FORAGING  IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

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SHERIDAN'S  CA.l\fPAIGN  IN  THE  SHENANDOAH  VALLEY-THE  FEDERAL  FORCES  FALLING  BACK  THROUGH  CHARLESTOWN,  AUGUST  21sT,  1864. 

THE  SIEGE  OF  ATLA..'\TA,  GA.-CONFEDERATE  ATTACK  ON  GENERAL  LOGAN'S  CORPS,  JULY  28TH, 

lR<H.-FROl\I  A  S.KET  'H  HY  0  R  SPECIAL  AHT1:4'l. 

The  assailants  after  <l riving  in  the  Federal  pickets  moved  up  steadily.  and .  with  a  steady  step,  opelled  out  w lien  within  four  Jiu rnlre<l  yards  of  the  for ti ficntion. 

:\J eeti11!!  no  Corel'. 

within  three  1111nrlrN]  )nr<]R  ruisen  a  tremendous  yell  and  started  on  the  ilonble  qnick;  but  at  that  in stant  the  sicrnal  was  gi1·en.  and  every  battery.  rlonble-shottecl  with  canist ~ r.  'las  let  loo~c.  nnd  the  uppan' n t l ·  1fc-t'rlt•~l  fo r ti(cid:173)
fication  was  lined  with  lwaih.  an rl  at  every  foot  a  shining  minkrt  was  aimer!  at  the  assai lants.  The  ileRtroving- v~ll ev swept in  a  Ringle  instant  hundred  of  men  into  <>ternitr.  nnd  l:tirl  thom:rnds  upon  the  ~"lrt h  m  irm  l.  m  11  of 
them  for  life,  on  the  plains  twfore  Atlanta.  They awaited  110  second  fire  ;  another,  and  the army would  lrnve  he.en  clestro~;ed.  They  therefore sought  8helter beyond  the  rnngc  of  tht'  Fcdt•rnl  g-1111s. 

t ht'  ns:rnilnnt~  ll'ok  <'<' 11r11 

'"  .111d  " hl'lt 

RUIXS  OF  co:NFEDERATE  FORT  ON  THE  SOUTHEAST  SIDE  OF  ATLANTA,  WITH  CHEVAUX-DE-FHISE  AND  ABATIS  IX  FROXT. 

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·rRGI~fA.-EXPL  , 

-

'  osrox  OF  A  TOR 

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• 

0

PEDO  8\DER  THE  COJDIODORE  BARSEJ"",  OX  JA1IBS  RffER,  .AL'Gt'  T  JrH.  I . 

FRO.ll  A 

ma<le  u P 

SKETCH  BY  OUR  SPLCI.AL  .Utll. 1,  F. 

"rlr iiJ 
d  Coha&·tl.  11  •  ·fr· 
ISG3  b,.  tlie  gunuoats  r·,,111111u1111·t  1tr111(y,.  a11ga11w11  nn 
111" 
111111 
.fulin  fi1r1111  awl  outallle!l  much  impl or, .. ,.r of  1hr 
I  I  d 
.!t-r  t  1e  "' 
· 
1·e  wltilin  six  n1il1:~ uf  Full  l>arl111g  II  L!11pt-1"  l'XJI  o1  t:  uu 
rn11·  " 
wh1r1  hi 
(jeneral  H.  ~  1'  e.  were' a11noye<l  by  sharps  ool  ers,t  u  ew  11·  '.1,  11.ftcd  te~ ft'f.'t  out  of  tile  watt'r,  a11d 
1 
1
1 
,.11 l'!'t  u1·  11  j(>t  of  "atert•<>  bu'  ' 
H~'e wen:  a_  ::1H• 
;  b'r!i~r11  ' 
'P 
L  diug  t  J  Y 
• 
It  n~u1:t  ia then  fell  with  delug:mg  e  e~  ~ow  th1>  fleet  d rol•J'l' I  do,1 u.  At  '1'11 rkey  I-land  '11..,_,  11  •re  Jnmetl  b)  '.h~ .... uuu,  b I 
Ji 
I  <li•aok-il  to  pr 

11  the  deck.  carnrng  thirty  men  01ervoar1. 
1 
I 

of  the  Heu t  1 
force  a~  t  1e  s  eam  r  1  1~ 

,  Io. .  Our  sk1·1ch  of  th"  a,·,micnt  tu  Iha  H11n1ry  rnay  :,l'Clll  un  "xu,,.,, 

J ames  Ri \'Cr,  on  the 
:-\aglee  com man  er 

t 
ng1usA, 
h  t 

d  eJCt PL 

f  A 
. 

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llOXWILL 
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.  s1rnce  was 

'if 

I  d  fiftj"  foe 

r  Aikeu's  <ill 

. 
;:_.:.ea trtte  . 

l. l'e  been  of  immense. 

to  Urur) 
mation. 
Commorlore  Jj1 
t 
artillerl'  ure  fro111  t  1e  bi  re. 
;;;~·~ey was  too  m~cr: th;  gantlet_  of  a, 6t~i~~ literaliy and  really  accurate. 
,  ~  co1npelled ,to  l ~vllo  were  pre~eut as 
a11 
atte~te 

oceecl,  nn<l,  bemg i:1ken  in 

t  fu  the  air.  an<l 

tl  u)'  l".:rooUB 

t 

.J34 

THE  C.-L\r.P.llGX  O"N  THE  J.iL\IBS  RIVER-GEXERAL  BUTLER  LANDING  AT  FORT  PAWHATAN. 

FARRAff(T.-:,  _-AVAL  VICTORY 

r_-

:MOBILE  HARilOR.-THE 

ILlH'l'Ff)fW  E:\G.Ha.·a  THE  COJFEDEHATE  RA.I 

pince  011  the  \\'e·t 

l'ort 

43:, 

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BA-'l'TLE  OF  RESACA,  GA.,  MAY  14TH,  1864-GEARY'S  SECOND  BRIGADE  CHARGING  UP  THE  MOUNTAIN. 

SHER::\fAN'S 

CAMPAIGN.-THE  CAPTURE  OF  BUZ7.ARD'S  R0081'  AT  HOVEY  GAP,  GA.,  1i1AY  8TIT,  18G4.-FR01\I  A  SKETCH  BY  O  R 

HPEU!AL  ARTJBT,  U.  E.  F .  HILLEN. 

tl11t ns;ghol~f :~n;?'oal ton. 

Among  the  strongholds  sc  eM·e 

their  endeavors,  o11 
()o;tarrnula,  between 
At  fjl·s•  our  lilies  were  slo_w.ly 
" 
1e11 
a<  vancc. 
cltargo  was  fina  y  or< .. . ' 
federateb  from  tlio  !ot t1 ei;s, 

From  out 

1  g 
tl 

JI 

l 

1. 
l!lOS 
1 
]ered  and  t  ten 

by  the  illdom1t.able  c~11rngc  of  Sherman's  men. 

1  t·d  by  the  Uonfe<lerates  for  the  <lefc nso  of  At.lantn  against  the  Pcdernls  \\'US  Bu:r.znnl's  Hoot.  l':ll'l'i<.'d  in  spih'  of  r~ 
illill  Creek  a  bnrnl'h  <>ft.~ 
011 r  artist  said  :  .' . 0 i11·  ad va n co  cllgagctl  Ill  some  i·ery. heavy  ~ki rm i  hi ng,  which  l:HU<'d  'ror  ~t~n·r:tl  Ji,,,uf 
ilrswiution  onr  ntt•'111PI\ 
IT  1 
' 
t'  1•cr  u po11  01 
C<>JI· 
. , 
llL. 

f  ·ce<l  back  by  the  va8t.ly  superior  1111111b(•rs  of  t~1c  enemy,  who  res1st<'d  with  a 
01 
Jong 
lea1 ing  o11ly  tho 

tnbborn 
of  concraled  r1flc-p1ts  they  showered  their  leaile11  mcRscngers  of  ile·ith  with  t >i· ··l l 
l  11  1 t' 
~  in  can  011  y  occnr  in  a  hnud- to-hnnd  <'on 
, 1  t 
<leiLil  a11<l  wounded  Ill  their  rdlo pits." 
11

onsued  one  of  L 1oso 

.lt  is  n  high,  rocky  elevation 

'l'h, ,  drliye  the 

ir  tn'•'l's. 

011 

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11  r101!s  enc~n 11.er-'! 
C 
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THE  WA.R  TI  TIRGD-U.-THE  EIGHTEENTH 

.rn' r<r  CORPS  STOR~G A  FORT  ON 
64 
..o .. n-ui 
· 
BEFORE  PETERSBURG,  JUNE 

15TH, 

18 

THE  RIGHT  OF  THE  00~-PEDERATE  LIN~ 

THE  w.m  CT  \IRGP.;IA..-TRE  TWE-'TY-SECO~D  COLORED  REGDIENT,  DU_ TOA.N'S  BRIGADE,  CARRYI.  G  TIIE  FIR. ·r  r~rxr.  OF 

CONYEDERATI-.: 

'"or.Ks  BEFORE  PETERSBURG.-FROM  A..  SKETCH  BY  OUR  SPECL\L  AHTH:l1',  BDWL'  FOIU3E.'. 

Or 

the  rnorn in~  of  tlic  l::ith  of  ,June,  18-16,  ficneral  flink 

llun<:  n  crnn m  nrlin ~  hi  ridit  and  Holman  his  il'lft.  The  resnlt  of. llus  ch~rge  was  wait~d  for.  with  great  1~~1xiety .
.:xp  ,  ':d  th  t  tire  c<>lored 
terror  into  the  bear  of  their  foe.  the 'l  vcnty-second  arnl  Fifth U11~te1!  'ta.tes  colored  regiments,  commanded  by 
on  er  a. ho 
a n 
in  r  pid  fl ight,  leaving  their  des.d  and 

fight  of  mu  ke  ry anc:!  artillery  o"or  the  Confeclernte  clttch  a1Hl  p:mipet,  o.nd  drove  the  enemy  before  them,  eapturing  a  lnr  ,  fielil-i i  . 
:,r :t~ 

i  n  of  their  ork ',  its  d1·fender,,  FerryLce·  Fourth  ~'or th  Carolina Uiwalry  nnd  (: mha111' 

roops  woulil  run.  Lut  the  :<able  foree ·  n<:l?111she,11  everybody  by  t~1e1r  ach1ev1:imcnt" 

l'ctc rnburg  Hl\ttcry,  e' king 

.  '!'he  majority  of 

'onfcdci.itc  ,  with 
the  whitC' 
tz m•k 
olo11p],;  Ki<lllci·  and  Oonnor,  charg  d, 

11111  t  h:H'o 

"!lit  a  w1l<l  yell  tlrn 

formetl  _his  command  in. line  of  bi~tlle,  and  ndvancc<l  upon  the 

~IDg.  entire  po 

·ounded  in  the  work.,, 

43'/ 

• 

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SHERMAN'S 

BATTLE  OF  RESACA. 

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I 

,/ 

SIE m  OF 

l'ETBR  DlJ'HG. -

THE  COLORED  IXF.L'\TRY 

FBOll  .\  ...,KETCH  BY  Ol'H  ~PE Ll.L 

. 

L'{  L\PTLRED  l•LX~  A.illD  LH£ERS  1..)F  THE  OHIO  TR 

.\.RTIST.  E  F. 

:\ffLLEX 

l 

n·i 011  the  colored  cr.o
n 
.  Im l  c:  pl1\l'cLl  w1  I  e 
) 

d.1  r  of  1 he. colored  tr~011-C 1 
t  ~  : 
tir:ol 

u  in  th<'  wor  '· 

10
I 
t 
nbmll 
bt'l'll  th 

A  unH,  r.,.  nnt  H1ch  rdso.u  ,lllk\ .  lb  r  arti·t  "ive- u  sketch  o[ 

'ti 

o 

Ill 

f 
i-~ were  wounded  ond  a  few 

-um 
:rnd  u  fe•erish  nnxiet~- wn·  nitrnifeste.l  to  get  , he·1d  and  ch. rcr~  ~· 1,1~ 
r 
~ 

l  thom-~lre"  within  the  works  of  the  enenn- no  word,;  could  paint  the.1·  tl.,:i  h 
·it·i-f·l~tio;1 
' 
iornl  \Yob<'y.  of  the Twen ty-~e \~ml l  111tt>d 
43~ 

h 
t~h!' colored  regiment.  "ho  h 

arge  r:ow,l congr,:._.  t  L  \\it1  loo.~  f  uutlttc 
tl 

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l  cnrri  l  the col  r~ 

lll  t  H'  ti;~t  c ,,ar.::-e. 
tl11s  gallant  act1ou. 

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P"  oun\ 

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SHERMAN'S  SEYEXTEENTH  CORPS  CROSSING  THE  SOUTH  EDISTO  RIVER,  S.  C.,  ON  PONTOONS,  AT  BENNAKER'S  BRIDGE, 

FEBRUARY  9TH,  1865. 

OUlll\~ard.  'I  lw  llJOU!lt  HI  r 

Ill  th  t  1.h  tr1ct 

111  y 

11111' 

Ii  rmn11' 
'lflll 

39 

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SHERIDA~'S  C.-L\IPAIG~-BATTLE  OF  WINCHESTER- POSITION  OF  THE  NTNETERNTH  CORPS.  GENERAL  El\IORY.  SEPTEl\IBER  19TB:.  1864-THE  CBNTRE. 

Hlll:HI11  .··s  CA?l1PAlGX.-l3A'l'TLE  OP  WINCHE8TElt--CHAIWE  OF  OHOOK'S  EIGHTH  CORPS,  SEPTEMBER  19TH, 
ignal  victory  !!how  the operatio11s  of  the  Eighth  Gorps  on  the  right. 
'•  Haut.I}  liy  th•}  t~i•l  '>r  A vcril~'s  cavahy.  The  Federals,  it  w1 ll  be  percci vcd,  charrred  u n<ler  the  fire  of  these  forts  aR  well  as  of  thP.  fire  ~f  the  Con fedPrateg  po  ted  behind  l ht'  hro kt in  stone-
,'" 011 ,  th~··  11.ist.ant.  summit  of  Strashnrg  Mou~ ta in.  Nor was  this bthe  on Jy  fighting.  The  centre  nob! v  did  it;>  &~are, dri \'ing  the  ('oufetlerntet:  from  l he  11  tl01l'  to  t hu  ri  ht  of 

In  the  foreground  arc  Crook's  veteran:;  Ulh:tnl"inu  to  attack  the  fort:;  on  the  right.  11  hich  cornmanil  \\'inPh,  t 
1
1
t 
11111 
I 
s, 
t.;l  \ti( 

Our  11"k<:t~hc  <if  t\1is 
'  li<l  11  d  w\l1d~  "1:~1 l>•} 

lSG-i-THE  RIGHT.-FROll  A  ::;KBT  H  13Y  OUR 

\.  •'•TC\11''  1\11,111  <l~Ultl  ll1lo  lhe  <1eu.cl\y  gra~p  of 

'rnok,  htera\ly  filling  the  '..l'OOclS  with  dead. 

l!ECI.\L  AH'l'U:;'I', 

\1,.-,Y.. 
' 
\;  e)'Tf!~a.\t<. 

,1. 

l' . 

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'I'.  n .  l. 
l 
1  111 
011 

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11 
1 
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tlill,  llllfl  \•h1•11 

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THE  CONFEDERATE  ARMY.  UNDER  EARLY,  SURPRISING  THE  FB))]i:RAL  Jo'ORUEH  A'I.'  OIWA It 

C IJ 
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' PK  ON 
11
'  •, 

' 

'1'11111  MO ttNIN(I  0 1~ 

'l'llJol 

llh•n  OF  OO'l'O UJ•) H, 

IHll·I. 

BATTLE  OF 

\JA.)l)lt  cm  1-:itAI,  Hll Mlt flJ AN. 
01_1r  ~ketch  rr!pr!-@entR  the  gallant  d1argc  of  tl1e  Sixth  CorpR,  commanclerl  by  <:c·11n11l  <:f:lly,  whic:l1  waH  rn1ulo  al.  11lw11L  four  o'c·l1wk  in  t.IH·  nrl.c·1·1uw11  of 

)llJJDLETOWN',  ().  TIJB  AFTEH~CJ()~  ())"  TTIE  Hl'Jll  OF 

(lltEA'l'  VJC'J'OHY 

\VON  BY 

(J("f'()JSf.,l{, 

]Hfi1 . 

mad11  Ill  face  nf  a  <!Pa<lly  and  terrible  ~rfi  from  th<J  {_)<~nforlcrat.c  hatteri<'e,  nn<for  wltic:lt  th<:  l•'<;cfornl  Lroo\1H  only  Hligl1rly  w1LVlll'<•1l.,  t.ho111:'h  U11·y  111·\t11·  for  1111 
at  the  foot  o[  the  Blue  Ht<lge.  The  Confoderatcp<1a1t1<rn  ia  on  the:  righL,  ah1;Hc•r1•cl  by  a  l!lcmo  frn<;O. 

'I' 1nL  of  Lliu  Hixl11  ( 'orpH  111  H11111h•rly  J'l'11l1«·l<·d  1>11  1111·  lc•fl. 

111Hl11111.  J.(llVo  w1~y. 

'!'ho  lmtllu 

•r1111111l  1  d••Jll <' tnl  111  < 111 

l• ltll  I  A  Hl< l•:'l'(' Jf 

11\'  <>Ult  Hf'l.< ' IAI. 

tt'll l'l l , 

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th1•  I !Ith . 

It  waH 1 h1 M whi1·h  11,.,  id1•d  1 !111  h.1 tll • . 

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PLAX  OJ:'  THE  llATTLJ>  o~· BEL~LONT, MO . •  1"0U<:1rr  NOVl,~IBEH 71'11,  ] Rfil. 

MAP  01''  l!UANOK1>  JSLA.ND  AND  CHOATAN  AND  I!OANOKE  SOl:NDli. 

:'>IAP  OF  THE  sou·.r1nm:-r  f'OAST  OF  '!'HE  UNITED  STATES  FROM  PENSACOLA  TO  NEW  OllLEANS,  SHOWING  TEE  STHATEGIC  l'OSITJON  01:'  Sillt'  ]RJ;ANJ> ,  ~11ss. 

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MAP  OP  HILTON  J1T'  \l)  lSf,_\ND,  Silt\\ I.  ll 

OFFICIAL  MAPS  AND  PLANS  Q}'  BA'fTLES  IN  THE  CIVIL  WAR.-FURNISHED  BY  u.  A.  DANA,  OF 

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ILLUSTRATED  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

CIVIL  WAR. 

CH A PTER  I. 

E.-nJ:S  LE.w:r:so  To  THE  \\.ill - Gnowrxa  A s TAG-O:SISlI 
OF  THE  :'.\ORTH  ~"\""D  O"CTII-ELECTIO:S  OF  Bi:;CHA......,-AS 
LA VERY 
- THE 
Co:sSIDERED  A XATIO:sAL  L....-SIITCTJo:s- Pr.o=o FOR 
D1s-cx:ro:s-JoHX  BRowx's  .HAID-ELECTio:s  OF  L rx(cid:173)
coL:s-FofilliTIO:S  OF  THE  C-0~7EDERACT. 

. • DRED  ~ COTT  CASE "  DECISlO:S -

J\  LTHOt;GH 
-i_  Sumter  by 

the  bombardment  of  F ort 
the  Co nfede rates  at 

Charleston  marked  the 

real  open(cid:173)
ing  of  the  CiYil  \Yar  and  ga\·e  the  signal 
for  the  beginning  of  actiYe  hostil ities,  the 
conflict  bet\\·een  the  two  sections  of  the 
country had  begun  long befo re.  F or  years 
pre\·ious  to  the  firing  of  the  fi rst gun  the 
. -orth  and  outh  were  arrayed  agai nst 
each  other  in  a  heated  contro\·ersy on  the 
question  of slaYery.  Year  after  year  the 
feeling  between  the  nm  sections  became 
more  and  more  hostile,  until  at  last  a 
separation,  or  an  attempted  separation, 
eemed  ine,·itable. 

Then,  in  18 -6,  the  question  of whether 
s)a,·ery  was  to  be  allowed  to  gro\Y  and 
extend  itself  beyond  the  limits  set  fo r  it 
by  the  :.Iissou;i  Compromise  L aw  was 
in  a  measure  gi\·en  to  the people  to  de(cid:173)
cide  through  the  Presidential election.  A 
new  party  had  arisen  as  a  result  of  the 
anti-sla,·ery  sentiment  in  the  ::\ orth,  and 
its  platform  declared  against  the  exten(cid:173)
·ion  of  slaYery,  But  the  two  branches 
of the  Democr~tic party,  one  of  them  in 
fa,·or  of  an  anti-slaYery  policy  and  the 
other  composed  of friends  and  supporters 
of  the  s]a,·e  system.  were  united  against 
the  ne\\·  Republican  party,  and  elected 
their  candidate,  James  Buchanan. 

In  addition  to  this  ,-ictory  the  slave(cid:173)
holders  were  aided  by  an  important  de(cid:173)
cision  on  the  righb  of the slaYe,  rendered 
b:  the  .  upreme  Court  just  after  the  in(cid:173)
auuu ration  of  President  Buchanan. 
In 
this  decision,  which  was  in  answer  to  an 
appeal  to  the  court  in  the  famous  "Dred 
,.  cott  case,"  it  was  declared  that a  person 
\·ho  had  been  a  slaYe,  or was the descend-
ant  of  a  :-,lave,  had  no  right to citizenship. 
T hen  Chid  Justice  Taney  went  further, 
and  in  an  extrajudicial  opinion  said  that 
the  framers  of  the  Declaration  of  I nde(cid:173)
pendence  did  not  include  the  negro  race 
\·hen  it  proclaimed  "all  men  are  created 
·quai" ;  that  the  negroes  had  always been 
r ·garded  as  inferior  beings,  so  much  _so 
hat  they  had  no  rights  which  the  white 
man  was  bound  to  respect,  and  that  it  was 
not  unlawfu l to  reduce the  ne<fro to slavery 
f  r  the  ben  fit  of  the  white b  man.  Then 
th ·  Ch id 
Justice  took  up  the  .1issou ri 
Compromise  Act,  and  declared  that  Jaw 
an  all  other Jaws  for  the  restriction  of sla-
Pr} u ncon  titutional, and that neither Con(cid:173)
nor  local  I  gi!>la · ur  shad any author(cid:173)
r 
tricting the !>pread  of the  institu· 

( Jr  r 

ti on  all  over  the  U ni on.  This decision, fol(cid:173)
lowi ng  on  the  electi on  of a  President  who 
was  not  opposed  to  the  slave  system,  was 
taken  by  many  people  as  a  settlement  of 
th e  controversy- slavery  was  a  national 
institution, and could exist in  any part of the 
Un ion.  But  in  the  breasts of  the  lovers  of 
freedom  it  stirred  up  indignation, and  large 
numbers  of  the  dom ina nt  party  immedi(cid:173)
ately  enrolled  themseh·es with  the  Repub(cid:173)
lica ns.  The  L egislature  of  the  State  of 
;\" ew  York de nou nced  the  decision  that  de(cid:173)
scendants of slaves  had  no  right to  citizen-

G~'ERAL  JO~ E .  WOOL. 

ship,  and  determined to sustain  the  statu te 
in  that 
tate's  code of laws which  declared 
the  immediate  freedom  of  slaves brought 
involuntarily  within 
its  borders.  Ohio, 
• Jaine,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  \Vis(cid:173)
consin  and l\ Iichigan  also  declared strongly 
in  favor  of the  freedom of slaves  within  its 
borders. 

T his  movement  on  the  part of the peo(cid:173)

ple  of  the free-labor States is  just what  the 
politicians  of 
the  South  expected  and 
hoped  for.  T hey  had  long  looked  for  a 
good  pretext  to  cause the  feeling  between 
the  two  sections  of the  country to  become.. 
bitter  and  strong enough to  bring about  a 
disunion.  and they  noted  with  pleasure the 
indignation  of_  the  slaveholders  over  ~he 
action  of the  •  on hern  States.  Evtrythmg 
in  their  power  vas  d<Jne  by  these  politi-

44 9 

J oh n  Brown,  a  na(cid:173)

cians  to  feed  this  ind ig nation.  For a  time 
afte r  this  nothing  particular  occurred  to 
distu rb the condition  of the count ry.  Then 
suddenly,  in  the  year  r 8 59,  the  first  blow 
at  slavery was struck. 
tive  of  Connecticu t,  with  a  h andful  of 
wh ite  followe rs  and  twelve  slaves  from 
::\Iissouri,  had  secretly  devised  a  plan  for 
the  freedom  of  the  slaves.  On  the  16th 
of  O ctober  Brown,  with  his  little  army,  en(cid:173)
tered the  village  of  H a rper's  Ferry,  at the 
jun ction  of  the  Shenandoah  and  Potomac 
Rivers,  and seized  the g overnment  armory 
and  the  railroad  bridge.  On  their  way 
the  invaders  entered  the  house  of Colo(cid:173)
nel  Washing ton,  seized  his  arms  and 
horses  and  liberated  his  slaves.  T he 
next morning  Brown  had  full  possession 
of  the village  and government buildings. 
H is  only purpose was a  desire  to  free  the 
slaves.  He felt  confident that if he made 
a  stand  for  them  they would  all  rise  up 
in  arms and  flock  to his  standard,  and  he 
would  at  once  be  hailed  as  a  g reat  lib(cid:173)
erator.  But his  hopes ·were  soon  dashed 
to  pieces.  The  Virg inia  militia,  aided 
by  a  detachment  of  l7 nited  States  ma(cid:173)
rines under Colonel  Robert  E .  L ee,  soon 
dislodged  him  and  made  him  prisoner, 
but  not  before  he  had  made a  brave de(cid:173)
fense  an d  lost  two  of  his  sons.  Brown 
was  immed iately  tried,  fo und  guilty  of 
murder  and  treason,  and  sentenced  to 
death.  H e  was  hanged  at  Charlestown, 
Va ,  December  3d,  1859. 

The  suspicion  that  Brown was  an  em(cid:173)

issary  of  the  Abolitionists,  an d  that  the 
leaders  of  the  R epublican  party were  in 
league with  him  in  his  scheme t o  libe rate 
the  slaves,  tu rn ed  out  to  be  unfounded 
after  an  investigation  by  a  committee  of 
the  United.  tates  enate. 

While  John . Br~wn's well-meaning  e f(cid:173)
fort  a t  emanc1pat1on  resulted  in  utter 
failu re, . as mi~ht have been  expected, and 
had  no  1mmed1ate  effect,  it  sen·ed  to  stir 
up  t~e  combatants  on  both  sides  of  the 
question  of  slaYery  to  such  an  extent  that 
there  was  no  rest  until  the  matte r  was 
finally  ~ettled  forever. 
I t  gained  fo r  the 
Republican  party,  whose platform  was uni(cid:173)
versal  freedom,  thousands  of  new  follow(cid:173)
ers,  ~nd thus helped  to  make  possible  the 
electi?n  of  that  party's candidate fo r  Presi(cid:173)
dent  in  1 860. 
.  \\hen  the  poEticians  of  the  outh :;aw 
the  rapidly  growing  anti-slavery  senti(cid:173)
tn 
me~t the  probable  overthrow  of th  domi(cid:173)
nation' rA_ the  friends  of the slave  syst  m  in 
the 
•  at1onal  Government  they  imm  d ·(cid:173)
ately  l_a1d  plans to  break up  the  lJ nion ~n~ 
establ1:,h  a  new and  serJarate  o 
g  vernment 
w  os~ corner stone would  be  slavery  T ~ 
do  this  they saw  that  they mu. t  find . snme 

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JVAR. 

the army and  the navy h~cl been  placed  fa~ 
0 
beyond  reach  for  imr:ie?1atc  us<'.  .  M <_:>St 
t 
the  vessels  in  comm1ss1on  were  in  distan 
seas,  and  many of the  naval  and_ army  offi(cid:173)
cers  bein(r  natives  of  Southern  States,  had 
des~rted  rhc  Dag  and  joined  .the  Conf ed(cid:173)
erates.  This  condition  of aff a1rs  had  be.en 
planned  and  arranged  by  the  Secre.tanes 
of  Navy and  War  under  Buchanan,  111  ~he 
hopes  of  rendering  powerless  any  design 
the  new administration  might have  for  pre-
ventino- the secession. 

At  fhis  time  o-eneral  attention  was  at-
tracted  to  Fort  Sumter, where  Major  An(cid:173)
derson  had  recently  transferred  his  small 
body of  men  from  Fort  Moultrie  because 
of  the  threatening  aspect  of  Charleston. 
The question  now  came  up  as  to  the  re-en(cid:173)
forcement  and  maintenance  of  this  fort. 
The  President,  not wishing  to  precipitate a 
war,  considered  the  matter  carefully  for 
some  time.  Once  before,  during  the  ad(cid:173)
ministration  of  Buchanan,  an  attempt  had 
been  made  to  send  supplies  to  Major An(cid:173)
derson,  but  the  Confederates,  learning  of 
the  attempt  from  Secretary  Thompson, 
prevented the entry into  the  harbor  of  the 
Star of t!te  West,  containing the provisions 

,,, 

strnngn  rause  for  a  ronlest  between  the 
t \\'.o  sccti,o,ns  th:rn  any  that  had  h ·retoforc 
l lwy  t}t'c:ided  that  the  success  of 
an"<'n 
thi:  Rcpuhlic::rn  candidate  at  the  cominn-
. 
;:, 
c  ectton  wouhl" lw  of  g-reat  help  to  them,  as 
1 
th 'Y  could  then  at once  raise  the  cry:  "  o 
sectional  Presirknt !  No  Torthern  domi(cid:173)
nation!  Down  with  the  Abolitionists!" 
This,  they  knew  would  briner  out a  stro1w 
b 
resentment amonn- the people of  the South 
cspeci:11\y. \he:_  sla~'e.holding  class,  an.cl  pro~ 
duce a  ~oltd South  m  favor  of  breakuw  up 
the  .>kl  republic.  So  they  resolved  t~  in(cid:173)
sure  the  election  of  a  Republican  by  so 
hopd.essly  splitting  the  Democratic  party 
that  it  wou1d  have  no  chance  in  the  con(cid:173)
test. 
In  this  determination  they ·were em(cid:173)
inent1y  successful.  The  result  was 
the 
election  of  .\braham  Lincoln  as  President 
of  the  United  States. 

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I 

Immediately  after  this  election  South 
Carolina  seceded  from  the  Union  by  the 
holding  of  a  State  convention,  at which  it 
was  resolved  that "the  union  now subsist(cid:173)
ing  between  South  Carolina  and  other 
States,  under  the  name  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  is  hereby  dissolved." 
The  other  s1aveho1di1w  States followed  in 
quick  succession,  and  ;n  Feb(cid:173)
ruary  4th,  1861,  a  convention 
of  delegates  from  six  of  the 
seceded  States  was  held  at 
Montgomery,  Ala.,  to  frame  a 
constitution 
the  Confed(cid:173)
eracy and  to form a  provisional 
government. 
Jefferson  Davis 
was  elected  President  and  A. 
H. Stephens,  of  Georgia,  Vice 
President. 

for 

These,  briefly  outlined, were 
some  of  the  most  important 
events  that  took  place  just  be(cid:173)
fore  the  inauguration  of  Pres(cid:173)
ident  Lincoln,  and which  made 
way  for  the  terrible  struggle 
that  shook  this  country  from 
one  end  to  the  other. 

CHAPTER  II. 

LOADING  A  15-INCH  GUN  IN  THE  TURRET  OF  AN  ERICSSON 

IRONCLAD  DURING  'l'HE  ATTACK  ON  FORT  SUMTER. 

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pretc.:xt  ~as found  when  Pr·  id  nt  Liner 
on  A pnl  8th,  tel  graph_c·d 
to  Gow·/'r 
Pickens  that  he was  s ·ndrng  r ·Ji1-(  to  J·nc,r 
'Jrt 
Sumter.  Th!s  nv.::ssaO'  was communic.tt1ci 
to  L.  Pope  \V alk 1.:::,  th"  <:--onfederat ·. 'trr-(cid:173)
tary  of  \Var,  who  1mm ·d1at ·ly  . "nt word  lo 
Ge>nc-ral  Beauregard,  who was  111  command 
of the  army  in  Charleston,  to  demand  th 
evacuation  of  the  forl,  and  if  his  was  re~ 
fuse<l  to  proceed  in  such  mann -r  as  h 
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micrht  dc.:tcrm111e  to  re  ucc  1t. 
'.arh- n1>xt 
mo0rning  the~  demand  for  th·  imm'"·diate 
surrender of  Fort Sumter was  made·.  An(cid:173)
derson  saw  that  the  supplies  for  his  garri. 
son  were  nearly  exhausted, and accordinr1ly 
replied:  "I will  evacuate  the  fort  in  five 
days  if  I  do  not  recei,•e  controlling instruc. 
tions 
from  my  government."  But  thi-; 
would  not satisfy  the  leaders  in  the mo\'e. 
ment against  the  Union,  as they well  knew 
that fresh  supplies were  then  on  their way 
to  the fort.  So,  in  reply,  Beauregard sent 
word  early  in  the  morning  of  April  r2th 
that  within  one  hour  the  batteries,  which 
formed  a  semicircle  around  Sumter,  would 
open  upon  the fort. 

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It  was  a 

time 
in 

laro-e  bomb(cid:173)

Anderson  calmly accepted  this  communi(cid:173)
cation  and  awaited  the  beainnino- of  hos-
tilities.  Promptly  at' the  ap(cid:173)
pointed 
the  first  shot 
ushering 
the  o-reat  four 
' 
years  war  for  the  Union  was 
fired. 
shell  from  a  mortar 
on  J arnes 
Island, and  exploded  over  the 
fort. 
It  is  said  that  the  next 
shot,  which  struck  the  o-ran(cid:173)
ite  wall  of  the  fort,  was 
fired 
by  an  old  Virginian  by  the 
name  of  Ruffin,  who  boasted 
of  his  deed  all  his  life,  and 
who  shot  himself  in  1865  be(cid:173)
cause,  as  he  said,  "I  cannot 
the  liberties  of  my 
survive 
country."  Hundreds  of  shells 
and balls fo1lowed  these  shots 
and  a  fearful  contest  bega1~'. 
Anderson  replied  with  all  the 
power  he  could  muster  but 
he  soon  saw  that  his  'guns 
could .not  seriously  injure  the 
batteries opposed  to him, while 
the  walls  and  parapets  of  Fort 
Sumter  were  soon  shattered. 
its  barbette  guns  dismounted, 
and  its  barracks  set  on  fire. 
. 

All  day long and  throuo·h  the  niaht  the 
assau  t  contrnue  ,  and  the  next morning it 
was  pushed with . renewed  energy. 
\Vhen 
t~1e sun  rose  the litt1e  o-arrison was in  a  ter(cid:173)
rible  condition.  The provisions would  not 
last much  longer,  almost all  of the ,,·ooden 
structures  in  the  fort  were  on  fire  and  tht 
heat  and  smoke  were  so  unbear~ble th:.it 
the  men :vere  compelled  to  put wet cloth~ 
over  their  faces  to  breathe.  The  fierct 
bombardment continued until General \\'ig(cid:173)
fall!  who  said  he  represented  Beauregar~-l. 
arrived at  the fort  in  a  small  boat  and said 
that Anderson's terms of eYacuation  \\ ould 
be.  acceded  to.  Then  the  crallant  rnajor 
ratse<l  the  white  flag,  which"' inunediardY 
brought  a  deputation  from  Beauregard. 
who  dec.larc<l  that  \\"igfall  did  not  repre(cid:173)
s~nt  their  chief  in  any way.  This  dece~: 
tioi:  angered Anderson, and he ordered thl· 
white  11ag  torn  <lown  at  once.  But  upon 
tl,1e,  p~rsuasio1.1  of  the  deputation  the  f.,3j 
"as left  s~and1ng· until  a  conference  i:c'l·  • 
be. held \\:1th  Beaureg-ard.  This confert>1{'.~ 
csulted  111  a  ~ati~facton  a··ratH.,ernent  \. 
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unday,  .\pril  qth.  1 ~bl.  the  br:.1"e  '~t' 
:enders .of  \he  f on w 're  01w  yed  t~' ~.\~ 
steam ·hip  h1iltir,  that  by 0utsidt:  tht 

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LINCOLN'S  !NXCG17RA.TION-CONDITION  OF 
THE  GovERX)IEKT  REsouncEs-Bmu(cid:173)
BABD)fEKT  OF  FORT  SUMTER - THE 
EVACUATION - GoVERKOR  PICKENS's 
SPEECH-THE  PRESIDENT'S  CALL FOR 
TROOPS-BURNING  OF  GOVERNMENT 
BuruDINGS  Kr HARPER'S FmmY- THE 
Loss  OF  THE  GosPORT  NAVY  YARD. 
\VmLE  preparations were  being made  in 
the  South  for  the destruction  of  the  Union 
the  people  of  the  North were  preparing  to 
preserve  it.  President  Lincoln  was  inau(cid:173)
gurated  Chief  1Iagistrate  of  the  Republic 
at about  the  same  time  that Jefferson  Da(cid:173)
vis  took  his  office  as  President of  the Con(cid:173)
federacy. 
In  his  inaugural  address  Mr. 
Lincoln  said:  "\Ve  are  not  enemies,  but 
friend..;. 
\Ve  must not be enemies.  Though 
passion  may  have  strained,  it  must  not 
break  our  bonds  of  affection.  The mystic 
chords  of  memory,  stretching  from  every 
battlefield  and  patriot  grave  to  every living 
heart and  hearthstone  all  over  this  broad 
land,  will  yet  swell  the  chorus of the Union, 
when  arrain  touched,  as surely  they will  be, 
"1' 
11y  the  better  angc.:  s  o  our  nature. 
o 
the  people  of  the  slave-la~or  State~  h~ 
said:  "l have  no  purpose,  directly  or 111ch(cid:173)
rectly,  to  intcr~cre  with  th~  ins~itution  of 
slavery  in  the  States where. 1t  exists. 
I  be(cid:173)
liC"ve  I  h;we  no  hwf ul  nght  to  <lo  so, 
at;d  I  have  no  inclination  to  do so."  Thus 
he  tric:<l  to  stem  the.:  tide  that was  rising 
a  rain st  the  Union. 
,.,  J'n;-;icknt  Lincoln  found  the resources of 
the;  gO\wnnc:nt  in  .1  deplorable  condition. 
The  tr[:asury  was  nc.:arly  empty,  and  both 

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and arms, by firing  upon her from  red0tibts 
on  Morris  Island. 

After due deliberation, and notwithstand(cid:173)

re-en(cid:173)

ini;  the  result  of  this  attempt,  President 
Lrncoln  and  his  Cabinet decided  that  Fort 
Sumter  must  be  maintained  and 
forced.  For  this  purpose  a  squadron  of 
eight vessels was  sent  from  New York  on 
the  9th  of  April.  Only three  of these  ships 
reached  Charleston  harbor, and  they  could 
not enter at  once  .because of  a  great storm 
that was  then  rag111g  on  the  ocean  in  that 
region. 
It  was  while  these  vessels  were 
rolling about in  the  tempest  that  the  Con(cid:173)
federate  batteries  in  Charleston  attacked 
Fort  Sumter.  Major Anderson  had  be 
comrell~d 1?Y  his  government  to  rema1~ 
pa~s1ve 111  his  fort while  preparations were 
be111g  made  all  around  him  for  an  att 
l· 
,  ac .... 
upon.  11s  p~s1t1on.  He  had  orders  to  do 
not:1111g  until  he  was fired  upon.  So  while 
he  saw the forts and batte1·1'es  b  . 
eino- rapi  y 
e1ecle_d  on  all  sides  of  Fort Sumte~, he  was 
powe1 less  lo  slop  the work with  his  o-u n.:: 
the  strength  of  the  Co~1fcc.l~ 
As  soon  .a.s 
in  Charleston  harbor  w~s 
c1:atc  pos1L1on 
assured  the leaders  in  the worl·  of  1. 
( ISUntor 
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p1et  xt  o1  the  finng· of  the  first  gun.  The 

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