. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . UJ IT i^t;. LjJ ^ Army of Potomac Reorganized 71 by the cavalry. But all these were mere diversions, and didnot indicate that the army was not preparing for the bloodywork yet ahead of it. Grant, with the armies under Generals George H. Thomas,W. T. Sherman, and Joseph Hooker, November 25, 1863,drove Bragg from his perch on Missionary Ridge and to aprecipitate retreat, and the Army of the Tennes
. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . UJ IT i^t;. LjJ ^ Army of Potomac Reorganized 71 by the cavalry. But all these were mere diversions, and didnot indicate that the army was not preparing for the bloodywork yet ahead of it. Grant, with the armies under Generals George H. Thomas,W. T. Sherman, and Joseph Hooker, November 25, 1863,drove Bragg from his perch on Missionary Ridge and to aprecipitate retreat, and the Army of the Tennessee underSherman subsequently relieved Burnside, besieged at Knox-ville by Longstreet, thus closing the campaigns of 1863 in theWest about the time they closed in the East. Soon thereafterrumors were current that Grant was to be promoted to chiefcommand of all the Union armies. A law passed CongressFebruary 29, 1864, reviving the grade of Lieutenant-General,and President Lincoln, the next day, appointed Ulysses to the oflfice, and the Senate, the succeeding day, con-firmed the appointment. March 10, 1864, Halleck was relievedfrom duty as General-in-Chief, and became thereafter Chief ofStaff of the
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