. Bill Nye's history of the United States. e city,which was at his mercy. The forts, now threatened in the rear by Butlersarmy, surrendered, and Farragut went up to BatonRouge and took possession of it. General Butlersoccupation at New Orleans has been variouslycommented upon by both friend and foe, but weare only able to learn from this and the entirerecord of the war, in fact, that it is better to avoidhostilities unless one is ready to accept the un-pleasant features of combat. The author, whena boy, learned this after he had acquired the un-pleasant features resulting from combat which the
. Bill Nye's history of the United States. e city,which was at his mercy. The forts, now threatened in the rear by Butlersarmy, surrendered, and Farragut went up to BatonRouge and took possession of it. General Butlersoccupation at New Orleans has been variouslycommented upon by both friend and foe, but weare only able to learn from this and the entirerecord of the war, in fact, that it is better to avoidhostilities unless one is ready to accept the un-pleasant features of combat. The author, whena boy, learned this after he had acquired the un-pleasant features resulting from combat which theartist has cleverly shown on opposite page. General Butler said he found it almost impos-sible to avoid giving offence to the foe, and finallyhe gave it up in despair. The French are said to be the politest peopleon the face of the earth, but no German will admitit; and though the Germans are known to havebig, warm, hospitable hearts, since the Franco-Prussian war you couldnt get a Frenchman toadmit this. SOME MORE FRATRICIDAL STRIFE. 265. In February Burnsidecaptured Roanoke Island,and the coast of NorthCarolina fell into thehands of the Unionarmy. Port Royalbecame the base of operations against Florida,and at the close of theyear 1862 every city onthe Atlantic coast ex-cept Charleston, Wil-mington, and Savannah was held by theUnion army. The Merrimac iron-clad, whichhad made much trouble for theUnion shipping for some time, steamed intoHampton Roads on the 8th of March. Hamp-ton Roads is not the Champs-Elysees of theSouth, but a long wet stretch of track east ofVirginia,—the Midway Plaisance of the SaltedSea. The Merrimac steered for the Cumberland,rammed her, and the Cumberland sunk like astove-lid, with all on board. The captain of theCongress, warned by the fate of the Cumberland,ran his vessel on shore and tried to conceal herbehind the tall grass, but the Merrimac followedand shelled her till she surrendered. The Merrimac then went back to Norfolk,M 23 UNPLEASANT FEATU
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