The evening world., 1911-12-13
The Story
OF Our Country
D.. ANA n-..-- r-.I.-0
By Albert Payson :,

No. 3e-The Cirl Wars Second Year. part T., In the WsstS
AR Is perhaps more like h game of chess than anything else. Ts
Wi spectacular incidents-thc cavalry charges, the holding Of some
Wv fort or mountain pass against fearful odds-no more make up chs
80 smm of real a than a mans finger represents his whole bod.
is as much a codly and carefully planned series Of ;noves" and "oounr
Is chess or checkers ~.
On the opening of the Civil Wars second year each side had planned .
set OF more or less elaborate moves One Of the Unions chief objects was
to gain control of the Mississippi River. from the mouth OF the stream b
the point where it entered Union territory. For in this way the Confed,
cracys territory would not only be split, but Its western side would be laid
open to Union attack. and its eastern portion could no longer be provsioned
or reinforced from the west. The Confcderates yer well aware of this
Union plan (or Washington swarmed with Southern spies of both sexcs).
and proceeded to do all in their power to defend the threatened district
our Government entrusted he conquest of tn Mississippi to a land force and
to a fleet of warshp' ToremOs. in sniu. among the army omeu. in charge
vas forever smoking black cigars. and h had in those days he reputation Cor
being a rank failure in nfe and overload of LIQUOR Ills ame Ulysses s
Grant, aided by a sunboat noana under Commodore roOtc entered the north.
TIL. nsil.nt Henry and Doneson. When poneson, commander
Mans ws,A s .'' s 6: Ak ,: g.: '; ss::. s'' :: : :s: y n, ss: s::i :;:s
a. Island SaH1 s%1 Ten @ssw the ,. ohio E,ysG was int, in Union hand: a asrss two,
n Confederate. Ut Of southwestern tennessee rasn Island Number
,.eh Mss" .hs M & s%G9 n sw sr' Territory asr1s s"n am as =" , Sams n" ss. Hq Tslra xs' na
,a"a for ORR New sn ne, Nm rn nahy IN ,ro n% IL ror va Joined ,%n ats. at nj Up islam ,o S. by ,. Hn
Two strong fors-st Philip and Jaesson.-on opposite sides Of the river. sixty
(Which were equipped with more than one hundred cannon va. stretched a chain
The cOnfederates had believed he forts and the chain would effectively bar
from April is to April ., utl HI had battered me frta almost to atoms Then
oosu SumSO passing Hs't through ns a sann s "ar T from the con fedsS s' gums UNI s and heading a i'm
fr re, &c w r%, am r "A scS'. Srn 1sss WAS T., ' sae to check his var he '' '"'
The city nw was earp%sS N Gen %nnn Butler svn "a lief , in command s" there, rns New 70.
Northern army There "a continuous continue" trouble between soldiers ana civilians
by his troops &c the New Orleans people and he was in consequence nicknamed
Tarrasut and Porter meantime continued heir vigorous progress u IN.
Between Tsrrasut in h sousn and Grant in he North nearly all h. nvs
F.rr.s~' ss srS si S' II. Mt Mississippi Ss ~ s%e% Pot a %%a" and
@- Grant. aided by sherman. en. all hi. .n~sae. TO
j. 1889. and or Hudson "a taken less. "a a wsek later: mus NJ con,oa-
could n 10 ionse rsend food or forces or omr aid to tn Eastern cOnfederatcs.
Yves. M h s'i in IL he % East 'S q t s"s s,s &c s%s. sas'o sf' "a a ss ss s. s% Ssen '% snss,e% me