The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-12
The Border States.

The stand Of the border states was
decided this year. and the struggle over
them furnished altogether the most
important part Of the 1861 program.
One week after the Baltimore mas
sacre it seemed a certainty that Mary
land was lost to the Union. The ex-
element subsided, however. General
Butler took military occupation Of the
CRY, enG GJ vigorous measures from
Washington the secession sympathiz-
ers were defeated.
General Nathaniel Lyon was chiefly
instrumental in holding Missouri for
the Union. His first decisive act was
the taking Of Camp Jackson, in the
outskirts Of st. Louis. Afterward he
led the Union forces in several sue
cessful battles and finally lost his life
at Wilson's Creek in August. Missouri
had an influence in keeping Kentucky
in line
West Virginia was naturally pro-
Union in sentiment and separated
from the Old Dominion soon after
the ordinance of secession. General
George B. Mcclellan won his first
spurs in driving the Confederates out
of the new state.
One other event Of first class i'm
portance in 1861 was the Mason and
Slidell affair, which was distinctly hu-
initiating TO the north for the reason
fho+ a 1,oa1~-
down on the part of the Union. From
this distance it appears one Of the
wisest acts Lincoln ever performed.
The Coming of Grant.
On Nov. Z General Ulysses S. Grant
won his first battle. Feb. G, 1862, he
followed this up by the capture Of
Fort Henry and ten days later electri-
fed the north by his unconditional
message to the commander
Of Fort Donelson. The new year
opened with distinctly favorable re-
suits for the Union. General Thomas
and Colonel Garfield won successes in
Kentucky, the Federal forces had a
victory at Pea Ridge on March s; the
little Monitor won its strange battle
with the Mcrrimac on March .; Grant
and Buell. gained the hard fought field
at Shiloh on April T. The next day
Island No. 10 was taken followed one
lay later by the triumph at Fort Pu-
,aski and in the end Of the month by
Farragut's brilliant capture of New |
Orleans
In the east Mcclellan won the two I
battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks
n May, only to shift his base and bring /
IN the hard fighting of the Seven Days
n the end of June. In August came .
he second disastrous defeat Of the |
northern forces at Bull Run, but the /
gloom was partially dispelled one
month later by the Union victory at
Antietam.
In its effects this was one of the most
important battles of the war. First it
erved notice on Lee that he could not
invade the north, and, second, it came
is the favorable occasion awaited by
lincoln to issue the emancipation proc
From this time forward the Union
were more marked Barring
he shifting of generals and the de-
eats Mt Fredericksburg and Chancel-
the tide was now distinctly
With the north. In less then seven
months after emancipation had been
the double victory at Get
ysburg and VicksburG on July 3 and
served notice on the world that the
.ope of the south was practically at
II end. There yet remained the bril-
liant campaign of Sherman and the
arder fought one of Grant, extending
yer more than year of time, but
and Vicksburg marked the
urning of the tide against the Confed.
racy.
Farm for Sale.