. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . o me — the omissiou of the road youwanted nie to takein coming up —viz., Ihr loirerorRirerRonti to Pittsbiirt/ Landing, was the cause of my move-ment at noon. It is also the key of explanation of allthat followed. That I took the direetest and shortestroad to effect a junction with tho right of the army, andmarched promptly upon receipt of the order, are thobest evidence I could have furnished of an actual desireto do my duty, and share the fortunes of the day withyou. whether the
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . o me — the omissiou of the road youwanted nie to takein coming up —viz., Ihr loirerorRirerRonti to Pittsbiirt/ Landing, was the cause of my move-ment at noon. It is also the key of explanation of allthat followed. That I took the direetest and shortestroad to effect a junction with tho right of the army, andmarched promptly upon receipt of the order, are thobest evidence I could have furnished of an actual desireto do my duty, and share the fortunes of the day withyou. whether they were good or bail. In all the years that have followed I lHH>npatient and uncomplaining, l>eoause, as you had shownthe will tt>e\onerate me. I believed .vou would foUowitup ou all proi>cr occasion.*. -And I submit to you it thisis not one of them. For the sake of tho hundreds of sur^vivors of my old division, as well as that justice ma,vbe finally and completely ilone to me individually. Ipresume to ;irosent the matter to you in this letter. Very respectfullj, your friend. Lew THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES. BY JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY, PROFESSOR. U. S. N. IN order to understand the condition of the United States navy in 1861, itis necessary to glance at the state of affairs during the twenty yearsbefore the war. Until the year 1840, naval science diuing a long periodhad made but little progress. The various improvements in construction,in equipment, and in ordnance that had been introduced before this datehad come about very slowly and gradually, and though numerous smallmechanical devices had been adopted from time to time, and old ones hadbeen rendered more efficient, no marked changes had taken j)lace in the artof naval war. Ships were essentially what they had been for two hundredyears, and they were rigged, propelled, anned, and fought upon essentiallythe same principles. But toward the year 1840, the introduction of steamas a motive power m
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