Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-03

three purposes. first. to prevent the
| armies Of the seeding states from adj
vancins on loyal soil; second. to pre-
| vent intercourse between the States In
rebellion and the outside world; third,
to cut off supplies and munitions of war
| cm abroad.
On examination Of a map Of tho seced-
| irg States II will be observed that the
western boundary was the frontier lying
| on the territories of little military i'm
portance ana requiring little protection.
| The northern bounary as the border
| land between the Confederate and the
Union States apd was entirely within
the field OF operation Of the Army. The
| eastern boundary was the Potomac
| liver. Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic
| ocean. The southern boundary was the
Gulf Of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean
| The railroads of the South were made
Quate either for the business Of the
country or for transporting troops and
| the larger rivers. notably the Missis-
sippi. the Red, the Cumberland. the
| Tennessee and the Ohio. became the
great highways OF commerce, penetrating
The very heart Of the Confederacv To
| open these rivers for the transporting Of
| Union troops and to close them against
| .,. ,,
| campaign
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