Identifier: presidentssoldie02hard (find matches)
Title: Presidents, soldiers, statesmen... with a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hardesty, Hiram H., 1834-1898, pub. 2n
Subjects: United States
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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first important operation of 1S^2 \va* the taking thedefences of the Cumberland and Tennessee 1 ers (February <!and 1C), which led to the occupation of Nashville, the capital ofTennessee, henceforth held by the Federals — Andrew Johnson,formerly Governor and Senator, having been appointed MilitaryGovernor. Roanoke Island was also captured, on the coast ofNorth Carolina. In March, General McClellan, who had suc-ceeded the aged Lieutcnant-General Scott as commander-in-chief,commenced a movement on Richmond, the seat of the Confed-erate government, now defended by General Lee. On the Sth of March, the Confederate iron-clad Virginia,constructed from the United States steamer•Merrunac. whichhad been sunk- at Norfolk, and raised by the Confederates,attacked the Federal fleet in Hampton Roads, and in fortyminutes sunk the Cumberland,1 and set on lire and capturedthe Congress (frigates); while the other vessels took refuge inshoal water or in flight. The next day the •Monitor, a war-
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IN THE BOULDER CANON. 108 PRESIDENTS, SOLDIERS, STATESMEN. vessel of entirely novel construction, low and Hat, with a revolv-ing turret, invented by Captain Ericsson, engaged the Virginia.The battle ended in the repulse of the Virginia.* On the 6thof April, a sanguinary but indecisive battle was fought nearCorinth, Alabama, the Federals being protected by gunboats.Soon after, Admiral Farragut, with a fleet of forty-five vessels,carried the torts at the mouth of the MissisHnoi River, and tookNew Orleans; while the armies and gunboats , otured the forti-fications on the upper part of the river as low us Memphis, Ten-nessee. In the meantime General McClellan had besieged andtaken Yorktown, and fought his way up the peninsula of theJames River, until witnin five miles of Richmond, when he wasbeaten in a series of sanguinary battles, and driven, with a loss.in six days, of 15,000 men, to the shelter of his gunboats; whileGenerals .Banks and McDowell, sent to co-operate with him inthe Shena

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