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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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OliSTRLCTIOXS RENDERED USELESS The superior navy of the Federals at the liefrinninf; and throughout tlie war enabled them to gain the a<lvantage of penetrating therivers leading into the interior of the Confederaey and thus support the military forees in many telling movements. To this factthe surrender of Forts Henry and Donelson and the ultimate eontrol of the Mississippi by the Inion forees gives eloquent testimony.In the East the regions between Washington anil Richmond were traversed by streams, small and large, which made aggressive warfaredifficult. For this reason MeClcllan chose the James River Peninsula for his first advance upon the Confederate Capital. Farmore dreaded than the advance of the army was the approach of the powerful Monitor and the Galena up the James River, and theI 1101
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JAMES RI\ER, VIRGINU, NEAR DREWRYS BLUFF.—1862 Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. first thought of the Confoderates was to hold tliis danger in abeyance. Hence the obstructions (shomi on the opposite page)sunk in the bend of the James River near Drewrys Bhiff. where a powerful battery known as Fort Darling was hastily buteffectively constructed. These blocked the attempts of the Federals to invest the Confederate capital until Grants superior strategyin 1864. rendered them useless by throwing his army across the James in one of his famous flanking movements and advancingtoward Richmond in a new direction. The campaign developing into a siege of Petersburg on the Appomattox, the Federal vesselsconfined their activities to the lower James. THE STRATEGY OF THE CIVIL WAR

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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Miller__Francis_Trevelyan__1877_1959
  • bookauthor:Lanier__Robert_S___Robert_Sampson___1880_
  • booksubject:United_States____History_Civil_War__1861_1865_Pictorial_works
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  • bookpublisher:New_York___Review_of_Reviews_Co_
  • bookcontributor:New_York_Public_Library
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