. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. ed along the coast andbroken up the blockade ; swept through the shipping at NewYork ; opened the way for foreign supplies; made an egressfor cotton; and perhaps secured the acknowledgment of theConfederacy by European nations. On this battle, hingedthe fate of the war 17. Operations in tlie East.—McClellansPeninsular Cmi[ii)Rign.—Richmo?id^ was the objectivepoint. In April, General McClellan who commanded theArmy of the Potomac, began to move up the Virginia Penin-sula towards Yorktown. * The fate of these two his
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. ed along the coast andbroken up the blockade ; swept through the shipping at NewYork ; opened the way for foreign supplies; made an egressfor cotton; and perhaps secured the acknowledgment of theConfederacy by European nations. On this battle, hingedthe fate of the war 17. Operations in tlie East.—McClellansPeninsular Cmi[ii)Rign.—Richmo?id^ was the objectivepoint. In April, General McClellan who commanded theArmy of the Potomac, began to move up the Virginia Penin-sula towards Yorktown. * The fate of these two historic vessels was strangely mean and unworthy. TheMerrimac was blown up on the evacuation of Norfolk a few months after, and theMonitor foundered at sea. LIN-COLN-S ADMINISTRATION, 313 18. Siege of Yorktowii.—At this place. GeneralMagruder, with only about five thousand men, by his mas-terly skill maintained so bold a front along a line thirteenmiles in length, that McClellan was brought to a of breaking through at some weak point, he set his w r i; I fr W. ftTTTTiDT^O A rORIiTTROT ROAD THROUGH A SWAaif. msgnlScent army down in the swamps to begin a regularsiege. Heavy guns were orderedfrom Washington, miles ofcorduroy roads were built, and the open fields were filledwith ditches and intrenohments. As McClellan was ready toopen fire, Magruder, having delayed the Union army a month,quietly evacuated the place and proceeded to Richmond. 19. Williamsburg.^^—McClellan having taken pos-session of Yorktown, then pushed after the retreating army,14 ai4 EXCELSIOR HISTORSr
Size: 1708px × 1463px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkwhsadlier
