A history of the American nation . or hermills, so that her starving operatives might have work. Thisnever came about, however. Had the South been fightingfor home rule alone, and not for slavery, the European stateswould have been under stronger temptation to acknowledge theConfederacy as a separate nation. 1 Such a proclamation does not acknowledge that those engaged in arebellion have really formed a nrw state in the family of nations, but itdeclares that war exists between two parties. Now the UnitedStates Government at this time was not willing to admit that this rebellion was a war; they
A history of the American nation . or hermills, so that her starving operatives might have work. Thisnever came about, however. Had the South been fightingfor home rule alone, and not for slavery, the European stateswould have been under stronger temptation to acknowledge theConfederacy as a separate nation. 1 Such a proclamation does not acknowledge that those engaged in arebellion have really formed a nrw state in the family of nations, but itdeclares that war exists between two parties. Now the UnitedStates Government at this time was not willing to admit that this rebellion was a war; they wished the rebels to be considered merelyas insurgents. SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR—1861-1865 393 In the West, during the summer of 1861, not much was ac-complished in the way of offensive warfare. In Missouri therewas some sharp fighting. A large element of thepeople of that State sympathized with the seces-sion movement, and for some time the State wasgiven up to internal conflict. A convention finally voted for In the West, Field of the Western Campaigns of the Civil War the Union by. a large majority, and the Federal forcesbrought the State under their control. Kentucky endeavoredat first to hold a neutral position, siding neitherforlhe Union^ ^^^^ ^^^ North nor the South, but by the in-finite tact and patience of Lincoln, who en-couraged and guided the strong element in the State whichwas opposed to secession, that State also was saved to theUnion. At the end of the year 1861, with Kentucky now committedto the Union, the time had come for an onward march of Federal 394 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION troops in the West and, as we shall see, in the course of thenext year rapid progress was made. A glance at the map willshow what an advantage the rivers were to thew^st°° ° ^ Northern forces in their invasion of the Southwest-ern States. Troops could be conveyed up and downthese rivers easily and rapidly, or their supplies could be quicklyprovided.^ Seeing this advanta
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