A history of the American nation . , which for four days was almost completely at the mercy of a frenzied mob. Officers of theDraft not, j^^^, ^^^ innocent citizens were killed; negroes were 1863. 11111 set upon and slam; property was ruthlessly burned. Troops were sent to the city by the National Government, andthe rioting was put down with relentless energy. Over a thou-sand of the rioters were killed before order was completelyrestored. Early in 1864 Grant was made Lieutenant General and given command of all the armies of the United States. He determined to conduct the war in the East himse
A history of the American nation . , which for four days was almost completely at the mercy of a frenzied mob. Officers of theDraft not, j^^^, ^^^ innocent citizens were killed; negroes were 1863. 11111 set upon and slam; property was ruthlessly burned. Troops were sent to the city by the National Government, andthe rioting was put down with relentless energy. Over a thou-sand of the rioters were killed before order was completelyrestored. Early in 1864 Grant was made Lieutenant General and given command of all the armies of the United States. He determined to conduct the war in the East himself, and to General Grant. ^^^^^ ^^^ general charge in the West to his tried friend and able assistant, Sherman. SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR—1861-1865 415 Grant now decided to move steadily forward to Richmond;but the main thing was to defeat Lee and to wear out his armyor beat it to pieces1864. ^y continual ham-mering. Hereagain, to you and me, the detailsof battle are not whole early summer was The hammeringcampaign. one long carnage; Northernfathers and mothers looked overthe papers each morning fearingto see a beloved name in thecolumns of dead, wounded, ormissing; but Grant pressed on,losing thousands upon thou-sands, and Lee stubbornly andably fought his battles of de-fence. Grant would not be beaten: I propose, he said,* to tight it out on this line, if it takes all could not be out-generaled, and his men, devotedto their superb leader, fought magnificently. Gradually, withalmost ceaseless fighting, the Union army worked its way south-ward, and eastward, until it was not far from the position thatMcClellan had taken near Richmond two years before. Then ^.^^ ^^^^--t-^^?^ ^ The early battles were in the Wilderness, a low forest or thicket ofundergrowth and second-growth trees, extending for miles, and intersectedbv only a few roads by which troops could be moved. In the Battles ofthe Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864) about 17,500 Union men fell and probablyn
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