. Young folks' history of the civil war . l Wool heard that the rebels werepreparing to go, he went over from Fortress Monroe, with aforce of five thousand men, to take possession of the Goldsborough assisted in this operation, ofwhich President Lincoln was a spectator. The troops weretaken in transports to a summer watering-place not far fromNorfolk, called Ocean View. Here they were landed; anda march of a few hours brought the little army to Norfolk,where it was met by a flag of truce. The mayor immedi-ately followed in person, turning the city over to GeneralWool. An order w
. Young folks' history of the civil war . l Wool heard that the rebels werepreparing to go, he went over from Fortress Monroe, with aforce of five thousand men, to take possession of the Goldsborough assisted in this operation, ofwhich President Lincoln was a spectator. The troops weretaken in transports to a summer watering-place not far fromNorfolk, called Ocean View. Here they were landed; anda march of a few hours brought the little army to Norfolk,where it was met by a flag of truce. The mayor immedi-ately followed in person, turning the city over to GeneralWool. An order was issued that the citizens be protectedin all their peaceable rights and occupations. While this was going on, the navy-yard was fired by therebels, and all the ships in their power were scuttled andsunk. The fine dry-dock, which escaped so singularly before,was this time partiaUy destroyed. The next morning afterthe surrender of Norfolk, just as day began to streak the sky,a vivid flash was seen, and a roar like thunder followed it. It. i862.] A Sto)y of Disappoininicnt. 251 was the death-groan of the Merrimac. Fearing that sliewould fall into Yankee hands, the Confederates had blownher up. The gunboats which had annoyed the Nationalsnow fled to Richmond, leaving all quiet on the James aswell as on the Potomac. General Johnston and his armywere encamped south of the Rappahannock when McClel-lan started for the Peninsula. AVhen the Confederates leftManassas, they removed their batteries from the Potomac,which letl the Nationals free to go by water to Fortress Mon-roe. xVbout the middle of April, General Johnston joinedMagruder at Yorktown; and, as senior in rank, he assumedcommand of both the Confederate armies there. Before that, Magruders force only numbered about one-third as many as the Union army outside of Yorktown. But, in order to understand the causes which influencedthe failure or success of the Army of the Potomac, wemust not lose sight of events which took place el
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