. The new eclectic history of the United States . interested himself in various railroad enterprises until the breaking out ofthe Civil War. Much dissatisfaction was felt at his dilatory conduct of the warin Virginia, and he was finally ordered, on November 7, 1862, to proceed toTrenton, N. I., and there await further orders. He took no further part in thewar, and resigned his position in the army on November 8, 1864, the day he wasdefeated as the Democratic nominee for President. For the three years suc-ceeding January 1, 1878, he was governor of New Jersey. He died October29, 1885. 5. RAPHAE
. The new eclectic history of the United States . interested himself in various railroad enterprises until the breaking out ofthe Civil War. Much dissatisfaction was felt at his dilatory conduct of the warin Virginia, and he was finally ordered, on November 7, 1862, to proceed toTrenton, N. I., and there await further orders. He took no further part in thewar, and resigned his position in the army on November 8, 1864, the day he wasdefeated as the Democratic nominee for President. For the three years suc-ceeding January 1, 1878, he was governor of New Jersey. He died October29, 1885. 5. RAPHAEL SEMMES was born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1809, andentered the navy as a midshipman in 1826. He gained his first experience in theMexican War, where he served both on board ship and on shore. He publishedseveral works giving accounts of the Mexican War, and the exploits of theSumter and Alabama. He died in 1877. V. S. H.—iS. CHAPTER XXXVI. NINETEENTH TERM — EVENTS OF I 862. Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, 502. Three objects were now kept steadily in view by the Union generals : (i) The opening of t h e /t Johnston1 commanded the Confederate-forces in the West. His main task was toguard the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,which connected the country west of theMississippi with Richmond and the coast,and carried supplies of Texan beef to theSouthern army. His line of defense reachedfrom Columbus to Bowling Green in Ken-tuck)-; and its strongest points were nearthe center of the line, — at Fort Henry, onthe Tennessee, and at Fort Donelson, on theCumberland River.(302)
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