. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . ctorious atChancellorsville, but Lee was repulsed at Gettysburg. The Unionforces gained control of the Mississippi by the capture of Aicksburgand Port Hudson. The Confederates were successful at Chickanuiuga. 1864. Grant pressed on to Petersburg. Early had burned Chambersburg,and to prevent such raids Sheridan devastated the Shenandoah marched through Georgia to Savannah. 1865. Lee was forced to abandon Richmond, and to surrender at Appo-mattox Court House April 9th. Four years from the day when FortSumter fell
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . ctorious atChancellorsville, but Lee was repulsed at Gettysburg. The Unionforces gained control of the Mississippi by the capture of Aicksburgand Port Hudson. The Confederates were successful at Chickanuiuga. 1864. Grant pressed on to Petersburg. Early had burned Chambersburg,and to prevent such raids Sheridan devastated the Shenandoah marched through Georgia to Savannah. 1865. Lee was forced to abandon Richmond, and to surrender at Appo-mattox Court House April 9th. Four years from the day when FortSumter fell President Lincoln was assassinated. SUG(JESTIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK. A soldier writes about the attack upon Fort Sumter. A boy describes the siege of Vicksburg. Two sailors on the Minnesota discuss the possible coming of the Monitor. EVENTS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR 229 XXIITHE EVENTS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR After the war, the government had to decide a difficult ques-tionto leave the Union Tliis was, Will it be safe to allow the states that wished The position of theseceded. THE WHITE HOTTSE (The official residence of the President as it appears to-day. Thecorner-stone was laid by Washington, Ovt. 13,1792) to send represent- states atives to Congressand help make thelaws for the coun-try? Lincolns be-lief was, No stateca?ileavethe persons haveraised an insurrec-tion, but this hasbeen suppressed. These states as states have not forfeited theirright to send representatives. When Lincoln died, the Vice-President, Andrew Johnson, be-came president. His belief was almost the same as Lincolns, but Andrewwhere Lincoln would persuade men, Johnson would try to compel *°s°^them, and all through his term of office there were quarrels be-tween him and Congress, and many of the laws made at that timewere made not with the Presidents consent, but in spite of hisopposition. An addition was made to the Constitution which is known as The Thir-the Thirteenth Amendment. It forbids slavery in th
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