. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . ot. On Thursday,Archbishop Hughes caused a placard to be posted throughout the city,addressed to the men of New York, who are now called in many ofthe papers, rioters, inviting them to his house, where he would addiessthem. Very few of the rioters came, but a considerable crowd assembled,whom the Archbishop, in a shrewd speech, advised against resistance tothe authorities. But the mob was now effectually subdued. Over onethousand had been killed or severely wounded by the military andpolice, and m
. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . ot. On Thursday,Archbishop Hughes caused a placard to be posted throughout the city,addressed to the men of New York, who are now called in many ofthe papers, rioters, inviting them to his house, where he would addiessthem. Very few of the rioters came, but a considerable crowd assembled,whom the Archbishop, in a shrewd speech, advised against resistance tothe authorities. But the mob was now effectually subdued. Over onethousand had been killed or severely wounded by the military andpolice, and many others arrested, and the remainder made their escapeto Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the eastern cities and towns, where theyeither volunteered, or offered themselves as substitutes for those whowere drafted, and became the opprobrium and disgrace of the army forthe next year. About twenty-five of the police were killed, and perhapsone hundred wounded, and about thirty negroes were murdered, andsixty or seventy injured. Property to th^ amount of nearly two millionsof dollars was CAPTURE OF THE EEBEL IRON-CLAD ATLANTA. 611 CHAPTEE LI. DEPARTMENT OP THE SOUTH—CAPTURE OF THE ATLANTA—GENERAL GILLMORE SUCCEEDSHUNTER, AND DAHLGREN, DU PONT—GILLMOREs STRATEGIC PLAN—REASONS FOR BELIEV-ING IT AN ERROR—FOLLY ISLAND—QILLMORes BATTERIES THERE—CAPTURE OP T^SSOUTHERN PORTION OP MORRIS ISLAND—FEINTS IN OTHER DIRECTIONS—THE FIRST AS-SAULT ON WAGNER—REPULSE—ERECTION OF BATTERIES—BOMBARDMENT AND SECONDASSAULT—A COSTLY FAILURE—THE SIEGE PRESSED—OTHER BATTERIES ERECTED—THESWAMP angel LOCATED—BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER—ITS SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION—GILLMORE DEMANDS THE SURRENDER OF FORT SUMTER AND THE FORTS ON MOlftllS ISLAND,AND THREATENS TO BOMBARD CHARLESTON IN CASE OP REFUSAL—BEAUREGARD REPLIESHAUGHTILY AND INSOLENTLY—GILLMOREs REJOINDER—THE APPROACHES TO FORT WAGNERCOMPLETED—THE GARRISONS OP FORT WAGNER AND BATTERY GREGG EVACUATE THOSEWO
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