A history of the United States for schools . ADMIRAL lARRAGUT. lairs from which to pounce upon blockade-runners, or toassail places on the coast. In April, 1862, soon after the battle of Shiloh, theFederal fleet, under Farragut and Porter, performed oneof the most memorable exploits in naval history, when itran past the forts at the mouth of the Mississippi, de-feated the Confederate fleet, captured the city of NewOrleans, and got control of the river nearly The cap-up to Vicksburg. At the same time, the river New°^fleet, aided by a small land force under General Orleans. / 392 THE FEDERAL UNI
A history of the United States for schools . ADMIRAL lARRAGUT. lairs from which to pounce upon blockade-runners, or toassail places on the coast. In April, 1862, soon after the battle of Shiloh, theFederal fleet, under Farragut and Porter, performed oneof the most memorable exploits in naval history, when itran past the forts at the mouth of the Mississippi, de-feated the Confederate fleet, captured the city of NewOrleans, and got control of the river nearly The cap-up to Vicksburg. At the same time, the river New°^fleet, aided by a small land force under General Orleans. / 392 THE FEDERAL UNION. Cir. ADMIRAL PORTER. Pope, captured Lsland Number Ten,^ thus opening the river as far down as Mem-phis. Then the river fleetwent down and completelydestroyed the Confederateriver fleet at Memphis. This series of magnificentFederal victories reducedthe Confederates in theWest to the two importantpositions of Vicksburg, onthe Mississippi River, andChattanooga, in the south-eastern part of two places were ofimmense importance, as we shall see. They were de-fended with heroism and skill, and it was long beforethey yielded to the Federal armies. 144. McClellan in Virginia. Compared with therapid progress of the Union armies in the West, thingsat the East seemed tostand almost still. Rich-mond, the Confederate cap-ital, was the objective pointto be reached by theArmy of the McClellan wishedto advance against Rich-mond from the mouth ofJames River ; but the gov-ernment wished him tomarch across Virginia insuch a way as always to 1 This name indicates the tenth isla
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