History of the United States, Volume 4

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History of the United States, Volume 4, by

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Title: History of the United States, Volume 4
Author: E. Benjamin Andrews
Release Date: September 19, 2007 [EBook #22676]
Language: English
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[Transcriber's notes]
[1862] indicate the following text covers this period, until the next such appearance.
Here are the definitions of some unfamiliar (to me) terms.
abatis Barricade of trees with sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
acclivities Upward slope.
carpet-baggers Politicians who move to a place for an opportunity to promote their career.
comity Courtesy; civility. Comity of nations: respect of one country for the laws and institutions of another. Law: courts of one jurisdiction give effect to the decisions of another.
Lethe of death River in Hades; drinking it caused forgetfulness.
mare clausum Navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others. Latin: mare, sea + clausum, closed.
modus vivendi Manner of living; way of life. Temporary agreement between contending parties pending a final settlement.
Ney Michel Ney--Duke of Elchingen, 1769-1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader; marshal of France 1805-15.
parole A written promise by a prisoner of war, that if released he will not take up arms against his captors.
redintegration Restoration of a lost or injured part. Evocation of a state of mind by the recurrence of the elements making up the original experience.
scalawag A native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Civil War Reconstruction for personal gain.
spiles Post used as a foundation; a pile. Wooden plug; bung. Spigot used in taking sap from a tree.
windrows Row of leaves or snow heaped up by the wind; row of cut hay or grain left to dry in a field before being bundled.
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME
BY E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
With 650 Illustrations and Maps
VOLUME IV.
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1912
COPYRIGHT, 1894 AND 1903, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
[Illustration: Scribner's logo.]

CONTENTS
PERIOD IV
CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
(Continued)
1860--1868

* CHAPTER V. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Three Great Lines of Campaign. Confederate Posts in Kentucky. Surrender of Fort Henry. Siege of Fort Donelson. Capture. Kentucky Cleared of Armed Confederates. Pope Captures Island No. 10. Gunboat Fight. Memphis Ours. Battle of Pittsburg Landing. Defeat and Victory. Farragut and Butler to New Orleans. Battle. Victory. The Crescent City Won. On to Vicksburg. Iuka. Corinth. Grant's Masterly Strategy. Sherman's Movements. McClernand's. Gunboats pass Vicksburg. Capture of Jackson, Miss. Battle of Champion's Hill. Siege of Vicksburg. Famine within. The Surrender.
* CHAPTER VI. THE WAR IN THE CENTRE
Bragg Invades Kentucky. Buell Saves Louisville. Battle of Perryville. Of Stone River. Losses. Chickamauga. Thomas the "Rock of Chickamauga." Grant to the Front. Bragg's Movements. Chattanooga. The "Battle above the Clouds." Capture of Missionary Ridge. Bragg's Army Broken Up. Grant Lieutenant-General. Plan of Campaign for 1864-65. Sherman's Army. Skirmishes. Kenesaw Mountain. Johnston at Bay. Hood in Command. Assumes the Offensive. Sherman in Atlanta. Losses. Hood to Alabama and Tennessee. The March to the Sea. Living on the Country. Sherman at Savannah. Hardee Evacuates. A Christmas Gift. The Blow to the Confederacy. Thomas Crushes Hood. Sherman Marches North. Charleston Falls. Columbia. Johnston Routed at Bentonville. Sherman Master of the Carolinas. Johnston Surrenders.
* CHAPTER VII. THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS OF 1862--63
McClellan to Fortress Monroe. Yorktown. Williamsburg. Fair Oaks. Lee in Command. McDowell Retained at Fredericksburg. Lee Assumes the Offensive. Gaines's Mill. The Seven Days' Retreat. Malvern Hill. Union Army at Harrison's Landing. Discouragement. McClellan Leaves the Peninsula. Pope's Advance on Richmond. Retreat. Jackson in his Rear. Second Battle of Bull Run. Pope Defeated. Chantilly. McClellan again Commander. Lee in Maryland. South Mountain. Antietam. Lee Escapes. McClellan Removed and Burnside in Command. Fredericksburg. The Battle. Hooker General-in-Chief. Chancellorsville. Flank Movement by Jackson. Battle of May 3d. Lee in Pennsylvania. Convergence to Gettysburg. First Day's Battle. Second Day. Third. Pickett's Charge. Failure. Lee Escapes. Significance of this Battle.
* CHAPTER VIII. COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY
Grant Comes East. Battle of the Wilderness. Flanking. Spottsylvania. The "Bloody Angle." Butler "Bottled Up" at Bermuda. Grant at the North Anna. At Cold Harbor. Change of Base to the James. Siege of Petersburg. The Mine. Washington in Peril. Operations in Shenandoah Valley. "Sheridan's Ride." Further Work at Petersburg. Distress at the South. Lee's Problem. Battle at Five Forks. Blue-coats in Petersburg. Davis and his Government Leave Richmond. Union Army Enters. Grant Pursues