Young folks' history of the United States . nd soon de-serted to enlist again. At one time more than twohundred a day were deserting from the Army of thePotomac. Soldiers were being drafted ;. but the draftwas very unpopular. Under these circumstances Gen-eral Lee resolved to invade the Northern States. Hemarched down the Shenandoah Valley, across thePotomac, and towards Chambersburg. Near Gettys-burg his advance encountred the Union cavalry; anda general battle was brought on, without having beenpreviously intended on either side. The Union forceswere commanded by Gen. George G. Meade. The ba
Young folks' history of the United States . nd soon de-serted to enlist again. At one time more than twohundred a day were deserting from the Army of thePotomac. Soldiers were being drafted ;. but the draftwas very unpopular. Under these circumstances Gen-eral Lee resolved to invade the Northern States. Hemarched down the Shenandoah Valley, across thePotomac, and towards Chambersburg. Near Gettys-burg his advance encountred the Union cavalry; anda general battle was brought on, without having beenpreviously intended on either side. The Union forceswere commanded by Gen. George G. Meade. The bat-tle began July i, and lasted three days ; eighty thousand SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG. 307 being engaged on each side, and the loss of each beingmore than twenty thousand. It ended in the defeatand retreat of Lee, and put an end forever to thethought of an invasion of the north. The battle of Gettysburg may be regarded as the surrenderturning-point of the war. At the moment when the bui!*^last charge of that battle was being repulsed, General. ^^f- SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG. Grant was negotiating for the surrender of the strong-hold of Vicksburg, which had, up to that time, ren-dered the Mississippi impassable for vessels. It wasthe most important fortified place in the south-west,being on a high bluff, thoroughly defended by batteriesin all directions. It fell after a siege of forty-sevendays, being surrendered on the Fourth of July. A 3o8 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. Fall of Port Hudson. New Yorkriot. The cam-paign inEastTennessee. cavalry raid by Col. B. R. Grierson occurred in con-nection with this siege. This officer, with about a thou-sand cavalry, swept through Mississippi, traversing inabout a fortnight four hundred miles of territory, de-stroying bridges and military supplies. The Confed-erate General Morgan also made a daring raid throughKentucky into Indiana, with three thousand cavalry,but was defeated and captured at last. Port Hudson, which had been besieged by GeneralBan
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