New school history of the United States . O U L F OF M JS I C TO ILLUSTRATETllE WAK OF SECESSION .XngraveU for JJol»ii *JIif^t*^.. SECEDING STA TES. 231 passed an ordinance of secession, and seized the United Statesarmory at Harpers Ferry, and the navy yard at places were evacuated by their garrisons and damagedbefore evacuation. At Norfolk, several war vessels wereburnt or sunk. One of them, the Merrimac^ was raised bythe Confederates and converted into the first ram * used inmodern warfare. OTHER STATES SECEDE. 5. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas fol-lowed the example of
New school history of the United States . O U L F OF M JS I C TO ILLUSTRATETllE WAK OF SECESSION .XngraveU for JJol»ii *JIif^t*^.. SECEDING STA TES. 231 passed an ordinance of secession, and seized the United Statesarmory at Harpers Ferry, and the navy yard at places were evacuated by their garrisons and damagedbefore evacuation. At Norfolk, several war vessels wereburnt or sunk. One of them, the Merrimac^ was raised bythe Confederates and converted into the first ram * used inmodern warfare. OTHER STATES SECEDE. 5. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas fol-lowed the example of Virginia in withdrawing from theUnion. Kentucky sought to maintain a neutral and Missouri were restrained by Federal arms. AMassachusetts regiment, passing through Baltimore, was as-sailed by a crowd in the streets. General B. F. Butler occu-pied Annapolis, and afterwards Baltimore, and held Marylandby military force. 6. The seat of the Confederate Government wasremoved to Richmond after the secession of Virginia, asthe first and heaviest blows of the war were sure to fall uponthat State. As soon as the ord
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