. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . an waste paper. Well might thePresident of the United States proclaim a day of national thanksgivingto llini who had so signally blessed the nation in its struggle for thepreservation of the freedom bequeathed to them by their fathers, for thevictories which his hand had wrought. The war was not ended, indeed, nor the power of the RebAs fullybroken: the desperation of their leaders and the bravery of the defendersof the Union were yet to be attested on other bloody battle-fields, buteverywhere wer
. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . an waste paper. Well might thePresident of the United States proclaim a day of national thanksgivingto llini who had so signally blessed the nation in its struggle for thepreservation of the freedom bequeathed to them by their fathers, for thevictories which his hand had wrought. The war was not ended, indeed, nor the power of the RebAs fullybroken: the desperation of their leaders and the bravery of the defendersof the Union were yet to be attested on other bloody battle-fields, buteverywhere were seen the evidences that their cause was failing, andthose who in other countries had hitherto been their strenuous and per-sistent advocates were forced to admit that their fortunes seemed to be onthe wane, and that their ultimate success was doubtful. The oppressedUnionists of the South, and the slaves, who had begun to comprehendthat the war concerned their future condition, breathed more freely, aathey sent up in secret, their thanksgiving to God that the end drew nigh. I LAKE PROVIOENCI. wA^^^/!M <Msr vrj OVEKTHEOW OP THE REBEL POWER IN ARKANSAS. 59t CHAPTER L. THE ARMr OF THE POTOMAC AT REST—THE OTEBTHROW OF THE REBEL POWER IN ARKANSAS—THE GUERRILLAS AND BUSHWHACKERS OP ARKANSAS AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY—QUANTREL AND HIS BAND—THE SACKINO OF LAWRENCE—ATTEMPT TO MURDER GENERALBLUNT—CABELL, MARMADUKE, SHELBT, AND COFFEY, MAKE A RAID INTO MISSOURI, ANDARE DEFEATED AND ROUTED—-MORGANS RAID INTO KENTUCKY, INDIANA, AND OHIO—HISCAPTURE AND IMPRISONMENT—HIS ESCAPE—SKETCH OF HIS LIFE—HIS DEATH—THE RIOTSOF THE SUMMER OF 1863—THE GREAT RIOT IN NEW YORK—ITS CAUSES AND OBJECTS—THE OF TERROR—THE MOB SUBDUKD—THE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY IT. After the Rebel army had crossed the Potomac, and made its way toits old quarters on the Rappahannock, followed as far as the northernbank of the Rapidan by the Union army, there ensued a season of quiet
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