Entered according to act of Congress hD) 1985 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the Sterks offes of the district court for the southern aleshquar da Alonzo Chappel NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION, Civil, Military and Nabal. FOUNDED ON OFFICIAL AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS. BY EVERT A. DUYCKINCK, Author of “ National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans," " Cyclopedia of American Literature,” Etc. Illustrated with Highly-Finished Steel Engravings. INCLUDING BATTLE SCENES BY SEA AND LAND, AND FULL-LENGTH PORTRAITS OF NAVAL AND BY ALONZO CHAPPEL AND THOMAS NAST. IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOLUME II. NEW YORK: JOHNSON, FRY AND COMPANY 27 BEEKMAN STREET. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, BY JOHNSON, FRY & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. XLI.—THE UPPER POTOMAC AND BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF, VA., OCTOBER 21, 1861 .. XLII.-THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL SCOTT, NOVEMBER 1, 1861. XLIII.—THE CAMP AT CAIRO AND BATTLE OF BELMONT, NOVEMBER 7, 1861 XLIV.-AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY, AUGUST-NOVEMBER, 1861 LII.—CAPTURE OF FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON, AND RE-OCCUPATION OF NASH- LIII.-CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON, AND OCCUPATION OF NASHVILLE, FEBRUARY, LIV.-GENERAL BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION TO NORTH CAROLINA, AND BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND, FEBRUARY, 1862. LVI.—EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS, KY., AND CAPTURE OF ISLAND No. 10, MARCH- LVII.—BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, ARK., MARCH 6-7, 1862 LVIII.—THE MERRIMAC AND MONITOR, MARCH 8-9, 1862 LIX. THE BATTLE OF NEWBERN, N. C., MARCH 14, 1862 LX.-EVACUATION OF MANASSAS. BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, MARCH 23, 1862...... 152 XLVII.-OPINIONS OF LEADING ENGLISHMEN ON THE REBELLION DECEMBER, 1861 . L-THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS, DECEMBER, 1861 |