A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . *m^i Battie of the Monitor and Merrimac. away unharmed. Her broadsides were of as little use,while the huge balls of the Monitor continued to batter hersides with terrible blows. In the end the Merrimac withdrew, baffled though notdisabled, and made her way back into Norfolk never left it again. Repairs were necessary, andbefore they were completed the Confederates abandonedNorfolk and destroyed their powerful iron-clad one battle changed the conditions of naval warfarethroughout the world. Wi
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . *m^i Battie of the Monitor and Merrimac. away unharmed. Her broadsides were of as little use,while the huge balls of the Monitor continued to batter hersides with terrible blows. In the end the Merrimac withdrew, baffled though notdisabled, and made her way back into Norfolk never left it again. Repairs were necessary, andbefore they were completed the Confederates abandonedNorfolk and destroyed their powerful iron-clad one battle changed the conditions of naval warfarethroughout the world. With it the day of the wooden war-vessel came to an end. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. 363 4. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. Results of the War in 1861,—During the first year ofthe Civil War there had been no well-defined plan. Themost important engagement hadbeen won by the Confederate forces,yet the advantage lay with theNorth, Mis-souri hadbeen saved. Battle-Fields of Kentucky and Tennessee. and West Virginia gained for the Union. Fort Pickens andFort Monroe, on the coast, had been secured and otherpoints taken. The defeat at Bull Run had wakened theNorth from its dream of an easy conquest and roused it tothe most strenuous exertions. The two sides had beengetting a grasp of the situation. They now first began tosee the magnitude of the task before them. Plans for 1862.—The campaign of 1862 was enteredupon by the North with definite objects in view. 24 364 THE CIVIL WAR. One of these was the capture of Richmond, A second was the rescue of Kentucky from its invadersand the invasion of Tennessee. A third was the opening and control of the Mississippi,and the cutting off of Arl^ansas, Louisiana, and Texas fromthe rest of the Confederacy. A fourth was an efficient blockade of the Southern ports. By the end of the year all of these, except the first, wasin some measure accomplished. The Confederates in Kentucky.—In September, 1861,G
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