. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . t and demanded its surrender. But the city wasstoutly defended by the garrison under General VanDorn. On July 15th the Confederate ram Arkansas,under Captain Isaac N. Brown, came down from theYazoo River, ran the gauntlet of the upper fleet, de-feating every vessel that tried to impede its progress,and anchored under the guns of Vicksburg. Aftersending som
. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . t and demanded its surrender. But the city wasstoutly defended by the garrison under General VanDorn. On July 15th the Confederate ram Arkansas,under Captain Isaac N. Brown, came down from theYazoo River, ran the gauntlet of the upper fleet, de-feating every vessel that tried to impede its progress,and anchored under the guns of Vicksburg. Aftersending some of their best ships to destroy the Arkan-sas, and meeting signal defeat, both Union fleets gaveup the siege of Vicksburg and sailed away. For sev-eral months thereafter the heroic city was leftundisturbed. Energy of the Confederates. 34. During all these months the Confederate Gov-ernment had been putting forth wonderful energy. 1 In the Confederate forts were 126 guns. Seventy per cent, of theConfederate guns were thirty-two-pounders and below, while sixty-threeper cent, of the Union guns were of heavier caliber. As the passage wasopen, so that the fleet was not long under fire of the gum, the forts hadno advantage over the MAP OF VICKSBURG. 170 Story of the Confederate States. A law was passed bringing into the field every man be-tween the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. Blockaderunners brought in large supplies of arms from Europe,and newly-built work shops were busy making armsand ammunition. From every available point rein-forcements were brought to the hard pressed Confed-erate army of the West. From standing on the defen-sive they prepared to assume the offensive, and advanceall along the line. Brilliant successes in Virginiagreatly encouraged them to this change of will in the next chapter turn to the East and notethe progress of events in that quarter.
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