Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . ned Atlanta, cut all telegraph lines and beganhis March to the Sea, ravaging, devastating, and utterly destroying every-thing in his reach. He was opposed by the Confederate cavalry, whichsuccessfully defended the cities of Macon and Augusta, upon which theConfederacy mainly depended for the manu
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . ned Atlanta, cut all telegraph lines and beganhis March to the Sea, ravaging, devastating, and utterly destroying every-thing in his reach. He was opposed by the Confederate cavalry, whichsuccessfully defended the cities of Macon and Augusta, upon which theConfederacy mainly depended for the manufacture of munitions of entered Savannah on December 22, the advance having cost himonly 567 men killed and wounded. On June 19, the celebrated sea fight between the Kearsarge and the Ala-bama took place off Cherbourg, France. The Alabama was sunk after a fivehours fight. Admiral Semmes was rescued by the Deerhound, belonging toan English gentleman, and thus saved from capture. August 5, CommodoreFarragut, overcoming the Confederate ram Tennessee and the gunboats,sailed into Mobile Bay, commanding his fleet from the maintop of his flag-ship. 1865. — The opening of the campaign of 1865 found Grants army stillbefore Petersburg. On April 2, he ordered an attack along his whole line,. SHERMAN S MARCH TO THE SEA. 390 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY which had been so lengthened that the lines of Lees depleted army werevery thin. The Confederates were driven back with heavy loss. Lee tele-graphed to Davis: My lines are broken in three places; we can hold Peters-burg no longer. Richmond must be evacuated this evening. That nightAdmiral , in obedience to orders, destroyed the Confederate fleet inthe James River. Richmond was in the possession of the Union forces thenext day, and on April 4 Lincoln held a reception in Daviss vacated attempted to break through Grants lines at Appomattox, but closelypursued by Sheridan, and finding further retreat
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