Elementary history of the United States . assault, gave up the undertaking. Some days after-ward the attempt was renewed by General Terry, withcomplete success. The forts were taken, and on the 22dof February, 1865, the National flag waved over Wil-mington. 8. Toward the close of 1864, various schemes wereset on foot by Confederates in Canada, for injuring thepeople and property of the loyal states. One party madea raid on St. Albans [awVhun3\ in the northern part ofVermont, robbed the banks, and escaped across the fron-tier. Another party captured and burned two steamboatson Lake Erie. A thir
Elementary history of the United States . assault, gave up the undertaking. Some days after-ward the attempt was renewed by General Terry, withcomplete success. The forts were taken, and on the 22dof February, 1865, the National flag waved over Wil-mington. 8. Toward the close of 1864, various schemes wereset on foot by Confederates in Canada, for injuring thepeople and property of the loyal states. One party madea raid on St. Albans [awVhun3\ in the northern part ofVermont, robbed the banks, and escaped across the fron-tier. Another party captured and burned two steamboatson Lake Erie. A third attempted to burn the city ofJSTew York by setting fire to several of the large hotels;the flames were put out, however, before much damagowas done. 204 LINCOLNS ADMINISTRA TION. [1865 LESSON MOVEMENTS OF THE WAR. 1. Shermans March throvigh the Carolinas. —After a short rest at Savannah, Sherman^s army wereagain in the field. Thej marched across South CaroHna,taking Columbia, the capital of the state, on the ITth of ^S3]. Sheentans Maech to the Seaboaed. February, 1865. Thence they advanced into ISorth Caro-lina. After two engagements with the enemy, who hadconcentrated to oppose their progress, they entered Golds-boro, and soon afterward occupied Raleigh, the cajjital ofthe state, the Confederate army falhng back to the north-west. 2. Shermans movements in his rear, and the near ap-proach of Gillmores batteries, warned tlie Confederatecommander in Charleston that his position was no longer 1865] CLOSE OF THE WAR. 205 safe. Accordinglj, having set iire to tlie store-housescontaining cotton, he evacuated the city and the forts inthe harbor, which were occupied bj the Federal armj onthe 18th of February. The bombardment of the city hadcontinued 542 days. 3. General Sheridan, with part of his force, made abrilliant movement at this time up the Shenandoah a body of Confederates on his way, he rapidlyadvanced in the direction of Richmond, and destroyed
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