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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xxix. The War on the ocean — Mobile Bay. (search)
at Britain to aid us against tile Confederates, when we had only required that she cease to aid unwarrantably our domestic foes, the popular sense of dishonesty and wrong was with difficulty restrained from expressing itself in deeds rather than words. Early in May, 1863, the Florida, while dodging our gunboats among the innumerable straits and passages surrounding the several West Indies, captured the brig Clarence, which was fitted out as a privateer and provided with a crew, under Lt. C. W. Read, late a midshipman in our navy. This new b<*>aneer immediately steered northward, and, sweeping, up our southern coast, captured some valuable prizes; along them, when near Cape Henry, the bark Tacony, June 12, 1863. to which Read transferred his men, and stood on up the coast; passing along off the mouths of the Chesapeake, Delaware, New York, and Massachusetts bays, seizing and destroying merchant and fishing vessels utterly unsuspicious of danger; until, at length, learning that s
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xxxiv. Fall of Richmond--end of the War.—Grant-Lee — Sheridan. (search)
universal rejoicings Connecticut Election Petersburg abandoned Lee concentrates at Chesterfield C. H. retreats westward by Amelia C. H. Sheridan heads hun off from Danville, at Jetersville Davies strikes his train at Sabine's Cross-roads Lee hastening westward Crook strikes him in flank is repulsed Custer strikes his train at Sailor's creek, and destroys 400 wagons Ewell cut off, and, after a fight, compelled to surrender Ord strikes Lee's van near Farmville is repulsed, and Gen. Read killed Lee crosses the Appomattox at Farmville his desperate condition Grant proposes a surrender Humphreys attacks Lee, and is bloodily repulsed Lee resumes his flight Sheridan heads him at Appomattox C. H. last charge of the army of Virginia correspondence between Lee and Grant Lee surrenders parting with his soldiers his army dissolved. Gen. Grant's comprehensive strategy, while it exacted offensive activity in almost every other quarter, was best subserved by quiet in Vir