Essentials of United States history . General Meade. 300 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY Mountain, commanding heights held by the Confederates,were taken by sudden assaults (November 23, 24, and 25).Braggs army then retreated to Dalton, and General Johnstontook command of it. Meanwhile Longstreet, at the head of aConfederate force, had laid siege to Knoxville, which was heldby the Federals under Burnside. He was unable to capture thecity and he withdrew, taking his army across the mountainsinto Virginia, Thereupon military operations throughout thatentire region were suspended till the fol
Essentials of United States history . General Meade. 300 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY Mountain, commanding heights held by the Confederates,were taken by sudden assaults (November 23, 24, and 25).Braggs army then retreated to Dalton, and General Johnstontook command of it. Meanwhile Longstreet, at the head of aConfederate force, had laid siege to Knoxville, which was heldby the Federals under Burnside. He was unable to capture thecity and he withdrew, taking his army across the mountainsinto Virginia, Thereupon military operations throughout thatentire region were suspended till the following Copyright, 1902, by Detroit Photographic Company. Lookout Mountain. 387. The Year in Review (1863). — This year had beenfar more favorable than the previous year to the Union the West, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansashad been firmly held, the Mississippi River opened, and theConfederacy divided. A new set of able generals had cometo the front, notably Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan. Onthe other hand, the Confederate cause had lost rather thangained. Lees army at Gettsyburg had been beaten and LINCOLNS FIRST ADMINISTRATION (1861-1865) 301 seriously weakened, and the capture of Vicksburg and PortHudson, together with the movements around Chattanooga,all tended to show that the power of the Confederacy wasfailing. Indeed, it was evident that the necessary suppliesfor both the Confederate army and the people of the Southwere seriously diminishing. All men between the ages ofeighteen and fifty were forced into service, and the soldierswere badly fed, clothed, andarmed.
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