Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . , and placed the city in charge of General Butler. The citizens were in?such a savage mood that Commodore Fairagut had to bring tliem to their sensesJby a threat to bombard the city. THE ADVANCE AGAINST RICHMOND. 315 General Butler ruled with great strictness, and virtually held NewOrleans under martial law. A Confederate won the applause of his friends byclimbing to the top of the mint, hauling down the flag, dragging it thr
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . , and placed the city in charge of General Butler. The citizens were in?such a savage mood that Commodore Fairagut had to bring tliem to their sensesJby a threat to bombard the city. THE ADVANCE AGAINST RICHMOND. 315 General Butler ruled with great strictness, and virtually held NewOrleans under martial law. A Confederate won the applause of his friends byclimbing to the top of the mint, hauling down the flag, dragging it through themud, and then tearing it to shreds. Butler brought him to trial before a mUitarycommission, and, being found guilty of the unpartlonable insult to the flag, hewas hanged. The fall of New Orleans, one of the leading cities, was a severe blow to theConfederacy. The only points where the Mississippi was strongly held by theenemy were at Vicksbiirg and Port Hudson, and attention was already turnedto them. Farragut having completed his work, lor the time took connnand inthe Gulf of Mexico. The most momentous events of. the year occurred in the east and marked. LIBBY PRISON IN 1365 the struggle between the Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army ofNortlierii Virginia, as it came to be called. THE ADVAXCE AGAINST RICHMOND. McClelhui continued to drill and ti-ain his army through the fall of 1861,and well into the following year. It numbered nearly 200,000 men and wasone of the finest organizations in the world. In re])ly to the expressions ofimpatience, tlie commander invarial)ly i-eplied that a forward movement wouhlsoon be begun, liut the weeks and monrhs passed and the drilling went on, andnothing was done. Finally, the government gave the commander to understandthat he must advance. McClellans jslan was to move against Richmond, from the lower part ofChesapeake Bay, by way of Urbana on the Rappahannock. AVhile this had 316 ADMINISTRATION OF LINCOLN. many advantages, i
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