. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . THE MODERN WORLD. turn, iell back, and the two armies at lastcame to rest for the winter, the one at Cul-peper, and the other on the upper Rappa-hannock. In the following spring no movement tookplace in this part of the field until the arrivalof General Grant as took his station at the head of the Armyof the Potomac; but retained
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . THE MODERN WORLD. turn, iell back, and the two armies at lastcame to rest for the winter, the one at Cul-peper, and the other on the upper Rappa-hannock. In the following spring no movement tookplace in this part of the field until the arrivalof General Grant as took his station at the head of the Armyof the Potomac; but retained General Meadein immediate command. The campaign whichnow ensued was one of the most memorable inhistory, and the story thereof has been reserved in-chief, were to begin the final struggle withthe veterans of Lee. On the first day of th^ advance, Grantcrossed the Rapidan and entered the Wilder-ness. It was a country of oak-woods andthickets, west of Chancellorsville. The Unionarmy was immediately confronted and attackedby- the Confederates. Through the 5lh, 6th,and 7th of May the fighting continued inces^santly, with terrible losses on both sides; butthe results were indecisive. Lee retired withinhis intrenchment, and Grant made a flank. BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA CODRT-llul-i; for the closing narrative of the war. Theforward movement of the Army of the Poto-mac was coincident with the advance of Sher-man in the West. Prom the 1st of May,1864, the Union anaconda began to tighten infolds ever more rigorous around the breakingbody of the Confederacy. On the 3d of themontii, the National camp at Culpeperwas broken up, and the march on Richmondwas begun. In three successive summers theUnion army had been beaten back from thatmetropolis of the Confederacy. Now a hundredand forty thousand men, led by the General- movement on the left in the direction ofSpottsylvania Court House. Here followed,from the morning of the 9th to the night ofthe 12th, one of the bloodiest struggles of thewar. T
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