The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . lesscelerity and brilliancy of results—up thePeninsula. The President deferred to theseurgent representations, though theyinvolved the necessity of a long delayand a heavy expense in procuringtransportation by water for so greatan army. The duty of obtaining therequisite ves
The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . lesscelerity and brilliancy of results—up thePeninsula. The President deferred to theseurgent representations, though theyinvolved the necessity of a long delayand a heavy expense in procuringtransportation by water for so greatan army. The duty of obtaining therequisite vessels was devolved onJohn Tucker, Assistant-Secretary ofWar; who, on the 5th of April, re-ported that he had chartered there-for 113 steamers, 188 schooners, and88 barges, and that these had—with-in 37 days from the time he first re-ceived the order, and most of itwithin 30 days—transported fromPerryville, Alexandria, and Wash-ington, to Fortress Monroe, 121,500men, 14,592 animals, 1,150 wagons,44 batteries, and 74 ambulances, be-side pontoon-bridges, telegraph ma-terials, and the enormous quantity otequipage, &c., required for such anarmy; with a total loss of 9 bargesand 8 mules : the former having beendriven ashore in a gale when withina few miles of Fortress Monroe. He TEE RIVAL ROUTES TO RICHMOND. in. APPEOACnBS TO EIOnMOND. NOTK.—The abOTe map does not pretend to trace the variou. wagonroad, that traverse south-eaatern Virginia, and thu» may be deemed im-perfect; but any map that purported topive such ronds, would be morelikely to deceiva y,an to enlighten. Th«ro are different view, as to what constitutes a road-the Virginia estimate being remarkablyliberal. Roads abound and radiate In every direction throughouttim redon ? hut nine-tenths of them range, save in the dryer portion,of Summer and Fall, from very bad to impassable. 113 THE AilERICAN CONFLICT. adds tliiit tlie change whicli liaduieantime been made iVoui Urbanato Foitress Monroe, as tlic point ofdebarka
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