. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897. . LEES RETREAT AFTER THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG RIVER OPERATIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR In these days of railroad transportation the importance of the MississippiRiver before and during the Civil War can hardly be realized. So essentialwas it that the Confederates considered that their control of its navigationwould ultimately force the Western States to join them. Lincoln, a Westerner,was impregnated with this sentiment. From a military point of view Federalsuccess on the Mississippi was a vital wound to the Confederacy. Acrossi
. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897. . LEES RETREAT AFTER THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG RIVER OPERATIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR In these days of railroad transportation the importance of the MississippiRiver before and during the Civil War can hardly be realized. So essentialwas it that the Confederates considered that their control of its navigationwould ultimately force the Western States to join them. Lincoln, a Westerner,was impregnated with this sentiment. From a military point of view Federalsuccess on the Mississippi was a vital wound to the Confederacy. Acrossits broad bosom Texas sent her grain and beef for the army, and Louisianaher sugar. It was an avenue for munitions of war, sent from abroad toMexico. In 1862 the Confederate line ran from Columbuson the Mississippi, to FortHenry on the Tennessee, to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland, and thenceto Bowling Green. On February 6, 1862, Footes gunboats, of the typesshown in the illustration, reduced Fort Henry. On February 14th the troopsunder Grant combined with the gunboats t
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