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Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. ation by the armies in Virginia. In OctoberGeneral Lee made a sudden forward move-ment for the purpose of throwing his armybetween Meade and Washington, but thelatter eluded him and reached Centreville insafety. Lee then withdrew to the Rapidan,and the army of the Potomac took positionon the north side of that stream. Botharmies passed the winter there. In the west and southwest success crowned more daring plan of operations. He decidedto march his army across the Louisiana shorefrom Millikens bend, above Vicksburg, toNew Carthage, below that city, and to runhis gunboats and transports by the bat-teries. Should the boats succeed in passing, hemeant to cross his command to the Missis-sippi shore, and attack Vicksburg from therear. By investing the city from the land
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732 ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 733 Bide hfs flanks would rest upon and be cov-ered by the Mississippi, and he could re-estab-lish communication between his right wingand his base of supplies at Millikens Bend.The plan was daring in the highest degree,and required the greatest skill and resolutionin its execution. In order to retain their hold upon the Mis-sissippi the Confederates had fortified Vicks-burg with great care. Port Hudson, abouttwo hundred and forty miles lower down theriver, had also been fortified, but not sostrongly as Vicksburg, As long as the Con-federates held these points they were able tokeep a considerable extent of the river opento themselves and closed to the Union gun-boats. Preparing for the Struggle. Thus they were enabled to cross in safetythe enormous herds of beef cattle which theydrew from the rich pastures of Texas for theirarmies east of the Mississippi. A strongforce held the works at Port Hudson. Vicks-burg was occupied by a large garrison, an

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