. A brief history of the United States . Rich Mountain, Booneville, Car-ricks Ford, Cheat Mountain, Carnifex Ferry, and Dranes-ville. They had saved to the Union Missouri, Maryland,and West Virginia. Principally, however, they had thrownthe whole South into a state of siege—the armies on thenorth and west by land, and the navy in the east by sea,maintaining a vigilant blockade. 1862. The Situation. — The national army now numbered500,000 ; the Confederate, about 350,000. During the firstyear there had been random fighting; the war henceforthassumed a general plan. The years campaign on the par
. A brief history of the United States . Rich Mountain, Booneville, Car-ricks Ford, Cheat Mountain, Carnifex Ferry, and Dranes-ville. They had saved to the Union Missouri, Maryland,and West Virginia. Principally, however, they had thrownthe whole South into a state of siege—the armies on thenorth and west by land, and the navy in the east by sea,maintaining a vigilant blockade. 1862. The Situation. — The national army now numbered500,000 ; the Confederate, about 350,000. During the firstyear there had been random fighting; the war henceforthassumed a general plan. The years campaign on the partof the North had three main objects : (1) the opening of theMississippi; (2) the blockade of the Southern ports ; and (3)the capture of Richmond. * This fort was situated near Pensacola. Lieutenant Slemmer, seeing that anattack was about to be made upon him, transfeiTed his men from Fort McRae, anuntenable position, to Fort Pickens, an almost impregnable fortification, which heheld until reinforcements arrived. 834 EPOCH Vc [1862,. VIEW OF RICHMOND, VA. THE WAR IN THE WEST. The Confederates here held a line of defence with strongljfortified posts at Columbus, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson,Bowling Green, Mill Spring, and Cumberland Gap. It wasdetermined to pierce this line near the centre, along theTennessee River. This would compel the evacuation ofColumbus, which was deemed impregnable, and open theway to Nashville (map opp. p. 222). Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson.—Accord-ingly, General Grant with his army, and Commodore Footewith his gunboats, moved from Cairo (ka-ro) upon FortHenry,* A bombardment (Feb. 6) from the gunboats re- * As a part of the general movemeEt, in January General Thomas had advancedagainst Mill Springs, and on the 19th driven out the Confederate force at that place,with the loss of General ZollicofEer (tsol-le-lio-fer), a favorite Southern leader. l862.] THE CIVIL WAR. 225 duced the place in about an hour. The land troops were tocut off the retrea
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