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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.
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