Young folks' history of the United States . e of Pennsylvania, and thepolice force of the city being wholly unable to pre-serve order. Houses were burned, including an orphanasylum; and negroes were pursued and killed in thestreets. Later in the year General Rosecrans, with a largeUnion force, met with a severe defeat near Chicka-mauga, Tennessee ; and his army was besieged at Chat-tariooga, and was in danger of starvation. It was, how-ever, relieved by General Grant in a masterly series ofmovements, including a three-days battle, in which theConfederate army was dislodged from a series of str
Young folks' history of the United States . e of Pennsylvania, and thepolice force of the city being wholly unable to pre-serve order. Houses were burned, including an orphanasylum; and negroes were pursued and killed in thestreets. Later in the year General Rosecrans, with a largeUnion force, met with a severe defeat near Chicka-mauga, Tennessee ; and his army was besieged at Chat-tariooga, and was in danger of starvation. It was, how-ever, relieved by General Grant in a masterly series ofmovements, including a three-days battle, in which theConfederate army was dislodged from a series of strongpositions upon the mountains which surrounded the BATTLES IN TENNESSEE. 309 town. The opening movement of the battle wasmade with such regularity and precision, that the Con-federate troops on the heights above took it for a merereview or drill. General Thomas captured Orchard LookoutKnob ; General Hooker scaled the heights of Lookout °^^ ^^°Mountain, and fought a battle above the clouds;General Sherman attacked Missionary Ridge; and,. BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. finally, the whole army ascended the mountain side,under severe fire, and drove the opposing force fromthe intrenchments five hundred feet above. This wasNov. 25, 1863. The loss in these two battles was morethan twenty thousand on each side. Their effect wasto banish the Confederate forces from Tennessee. During this time but little advance had been made 3IO YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. Operations in the Department of the South ; though a successfulCharleston, attack Oil Charleston, S. C, had been made by AdmiralDupont with his monitors, aided by General Hunteron land. There had been several expeditions up theSouthern rivers, within the Confederate lines, but noth-ing on a large scale, until the arrival of General Gill-more, who planned a regular siege of Charleston,carried on chiefly from Folly and Morris Islands,with the aid of cannon of very long range. A severeattack and repulse took place at Fort Wagner (July i
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