Identifier: americafromdisco00boyd (find matches)
Title: America, from discovery in 1942 to the present time
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Boyd, James P(enny) (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mansfield, Ohio, Estill & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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les of the track of the Virginia railway, west of Lynchburg.This was followed in February by a bold raid under GeneralKilpatrick, who entered the outer defences of Richmond. Sherman invaded Mississippi from Vicksburg and destroyedmuch property. Seymour marched from Port Royal, S. C, inFebruary, for the invasion of Florida. He defeated the Con-federates at Jacksonville, but was defeated at Olustee, and compelled to retire to Jacksonville. The fleet under Porter, and the armies under Banks and Smith,joined for the invasion of Louisiana. Fort De Russey was cap-tured March 13, but the Union army suffered defeat at SabineCross Roads, April 8, and was compelled to retreat toward NewOrleans. On its retreat the Confederates were defeated at Pleas-ant Hill and Cane River. The fleet, also, returned to NewOrleans. On April 12 the Confederate General Forrest, after a destruc-tive raid in Tennessee and Kentucky, in which he captured UnionCity and Paducah, assaulted and captured Fort Pillow, on the
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612 PRESIDENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS. Mississippi. The garrison, composed mostly of colored troops,was massacred. In February, 1864, General Grant was made commander-in-chief of the Union armies. On May 3 he issued orders for amove on Richmond by the Potomac army under General Meade,and for a movement from Ciiattanooga on Atlanta by the Cen-tral army under General Sherman. His headquarters was inthe field, with the Army of the Potomac. Following the ad-vance on Richmond, the Army of the Potomac crossed theRapidan May 5, 1864. It immediately met Lees army, andthe Battle of the Wilderness was fought, May 5, 6 and 7, witha loss of 2265 Union soldiers killed, 10,220 wounded and 2902missing. The Confederate loss was probably as large. Thebattle was indecisive, except in the respect that it had drawnLee out of his entrenchments and neutralized his fortifications.Butler had landed his army at City Point. Grant resolved tomeet him on the James river. Grant swung his entire army toSpottsylvania

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