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3. Arkansas and East Tennessee recovered.

_1864_. Driving the Confederate line eastward.

1. Sherman's march to Atlanta; to the sea.

2. The Confederacy again cut in two.

_1865_. Driving the Confederate line northward.

1. Sherman marches northward from Savannah to Goldsboro.

2. Surrender of Johnston to Sherman.

_1862_ The attempt on Richmond renewed.

------------------------ ------------------------ -------------------------- 1. Fremont and Banks to 2. McDowell to move from 3. McClellan to move up hold the Shenandoah Fredericksburg. Peninsula from Fort valley. ------------+----------- Monroe.

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------------+----------- Jackson's success in the -------------+------------ Defeated by Jackson. Shenandoah valley leads McClellan, left without ------------------------ to recall of McDowell. support of McDowell, -------------------------- is defeated, changes base to James River, and in August is recalled north.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Removal of McClellan's army leaves Lee free to act.

He attacks Pope and defeats him on old field of Bull Run.

After defeat of Pope, he rushes into Maryland, where, at Antietam, he is defeated, and goes back to Virginia.

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--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- 1. Union victory at Antietam leads Lincoln to issue the Preliminary Emanc.i.p.ation Proclamation.

2. McClellan relieved of command and Burnside put in his place.

3. Burnside attacks Lee's army and is beaten at Fredericksburg.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _1863_. 1. Burnside removed and _1864_. Grant in command.

Hooker in command. 1. The Wilderness and other battles.

2. Hooker defeated at Chancellorsville. 2. Early sent into the Shenandoah 3. Lee runs past and enters Pennsylvania. valley, where Sheridan defeats him.

4. Meade put in command. Battle of _1865_. Richmond taken.

Gettysburg. 1. Lee evacuates the city.

5. Lee beaten and goes back to Virginia. 2. Surrenders to Grant.

6. The turning-point of the war. ------------------+-----------------

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CHAPTER XXVIII

WAR ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE SEA

%453. State of our Navy in 1861.%--On the day our flag went down at Sumter, the navy of the United States consisted of ninety vessels of every sort. Fifty of these were sailing s.h.i.+ps. Forty were propelled by steam. Of the steam fleet one was on the Lakes, five were unserviceable, seventeen were in foreign parts, and nine laid up in navy yards and out of service. Eight steam vessels (one a mere tender) and five sailing vessels (a fleet of thirteen) made up the naval force of the United States that was available for actual service on April 15, 1861.

%454. The Work before the Navy.%--The duty of the navy was to

1. Blockade the coast from Norfolk in Virginia to the Bio Grande in Texas.

2. Capture the seaports and forts scattered along this coast.

3. Acquire control of the sounds and bays, as Chesapeake, Albemarle, Pamlico, Mobile, and Galveston.

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