History and government of the United States, for evening schools . In April, very soon after theinauguration of President Lincoln, the great Civil War, be-tween the Confederacy and the Union, began in earnest,when Port Sumter, in Charleston harbor, was attacked by theConfederates. Call for Volunteers. â Immediately a call was issued for vol-unteers to defend the Union and to compel the seceded States HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY 49 to recognize the authority of the government at an army of Union soldiers was ready for the invasion ofthe Mississippi Valley, while another army was rais
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . In April, very soon after theinauguration of President Lincoln, the great Civil War, be-tween the Confederacy and the Union, began in earnest,when Port Sumter, in Charleston harbor, was attacked by theConfederates. Call for Volunteers. â Immediately a call was issued for vol-unteers to defend the Union and to compel the seceded States HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY 49 to recognize the authority of the government at an army of Union soldiers was ready for the invasion ofthe Mississippi Valley, while another army was raised to meetthe Confederates in Virginia. From this time until the lastyear of the war two campaigns were prosecuted, â one in theWest and South, and the other in Virginia. The Union armywent down the valley of the Mississippi, fighting tremendousbattles with the Confederates, year after year. 1862. â In the early part of 1862 they captured Forts Don-elson and Henry. In April was fought the great battle ofShiloh, Tennessee, which ended in a Union Fort Sumter The Merrimac and the Monitor. â On ^larch 8, 1862, a ter-rific battle took place in Hampton Eoads, Virginia, betweenthe Confederate Merrimac and the Union Monitor, the first iron-clads ever used in naval warfare. The result was favorable tothe Union cause. 1863. â On July 4,1863, the great Southern fortress of Vicks-burg on the Mississippi River was captured. Though the Unionarmy suffered severe defeat by the Confederates at Chicka-mauga, Tennessee, they retreated to Chattanooga, where theywon a brilliant victory under General Grant. The Union armythen moved southeastward through the mountains, fightingmany battles, until they reached Atlanta, Georgia. 1864.âFrom there, in 1864, Sherman led his army to Sa-vannah, tearing up every railroad, and burning all the buildingsfor miles in every direction. The result of this Western andSouthern campaign was to separate Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, 50 HISTORY OF OUR COUN
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