. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . tain was re-peated on the summit ofMissionary ridge. Braggwithdrew then to Ringgold,Georgia. Meanwhile the Confeder-ate siege of Knoxville, in EastTennessee, was in progress,with Burnside in commandof the Union forces. GeneralSherman finally marched tohis relief; Longstreet raisedthe siege and marched intoVirginia. On September 6th, theforts in Charleston harborwere taken by the Unionforces, and the city was nowat
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . tain was re-peated on the summit ofMissionary ridge. Braggwithdrew then to Ringgold,Georgia. Meanwhile the Confeder-ate siege of Knoxville, in EastTennessee, was in progress,with Burnside in commandof the Union forces. GeneralSherman finally marched tohis relief; Longstreet raisedthe siege and marched intoVirginia. On September 6th, theforts in Charleston harborwere taken by the Unionforces, and the city was nowat their mercy. The situation and smriss!liad greatly changed since therebels had fired their first shot at Sumter, in 1861. During the spring and sum-mer of 1863 there was much fighting, as usual, in Virginia. Lee and Jacksonmade a furious attack on General Hooker, May 2d, at Chancellorsville, and Jacksonwas mortally wounded by a shot from his own ranks. On March 3, 1863, it was found necessary by Congress to pass a conscriptionlaw, and two months afterward the president ordered a general draft for 300,000men. All able-bodied men over twenty and under forty-five were liable to. iNPRKW .l()II> 174 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. i-oiiscriptiou. The auti-war people were very bitter, aud did what they could dosafely iu the liae of resisting the officers who had the mauagement of theconscription. In some instances their indignation broke out iu mob armed mob of large proportions burned a New York asylum for coloredorphans, July 13th, attacked the police, and killed about a hundred people. Anunsuccessful attempt was made to wreck the New York Tribune Seymour made a mild speech, promising that the draft should besuspended, and advising the rioters to disperse. His promise was unauthorizedand void of force, and Union troops came into the city, and soon put down theinsurrection with a strong hand. But resistance to the draft broke out soviolently elsewhere that August 1
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