A first book in American history with European beginnings . ich gave free-dom to more than three million slaves living in the Con-federate States. Month after month the war went on. In June, 1863,General Lee made another effort to invade Pennsylvania,and for the secondtime crossed the Po-tomac. There wereseventy thousandmen in his armywhen it reached Get-tysburg, and there heentered into a three-day battle with theNorthern troops. Butwhen, on the thirdday, utterly defeated,he fell back into Vir-ginia, he had lostmore than twentythousand. This wasthe last attempt toenter Pennsylvania. The North
A first book in American history with European beginnings . ich gave free-dom to more than three million slaves living in the Con-federate States. Month after month the war went on. In June, 1863,General Lee made another effort to invade Pennsylvania,and for the secondtime crossed the Po-tomac. There wereseventy thousandmen in his armywhen it reached Get-tysburg, and there heentered into a three-day battle with theNorthern troops. Butwhen, on the thirdday, utterly defeated,he fell back into Vir-ginia, he had lostmore than twentythousand. This wasthe last attempt toenter Pennsylvania. The Northern army President Lincoln and His Son Tad too, had lost heavily. This battle of Gettysburg is the greatest and the saddest in our history. While the Eastern armies were fighting at Gettysburg,another battle was taking place in the West. The UnionGeneral had been trying for weeks to capture the Con-federate city of Vicksburg. Day and night he had keptup his attack. Night and day his big guns went onshelling the city. At last, on July 4th, the very day 345. A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY after the Union success at Gettysburg, Vicksburg sur-rendered. The persistent general who had won this victory wasUlysses S. Grant. Lincoln soon saw in him the one manwho could put an end to the war; and in March, 1864,Grant was given command of all the Union armies. At once he made his plans and began to carry themout. Battle followed battle all through that year. InApril, 1865, Grant finally raised the stars and stripes overthe city of Richmond and a few days later received thesurrender of General Lee and his army. That very month the four years struggle came to anend. The Civil War was closed, and the Union was saved. LINCOLNS DEATH In the White House the Presidents family are atbreakfast. All are happy, for Robert, the eldest son, hasjust come home from serving as General Grants aid-de-camp. There is much for Lincoln and his boy to talk some of it must be kept for another time, as
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