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1862 IN THE CONFEDERACY
An Essay Which Won the Prize Offered by the Daughters
of the Confederacy.—Written by Hugh Mallett.
At the close of 1861, although
the South had won most all
of the battles fought, her
armies had been driven from
West Virginia, Kentucky and
Missouri, She had also lost
several important xorts on the
coast. The North had block
aded the South so that it
was very difficult to buy any
thing from England or any for
eign country.
The Federal plans for 1862 were
to capture Richmond and gain
possession of the Mississippi Val
ley. Lincoln said the Mississippi
Valley was the backbone of the
rebellion, and if it should be
captured the east would be cut
off from the enormous supplies
of beef sent every year from the
west.
The Federal armies in the east
were under the command of Gen.
McClellan, those in the west
were under Halleck. The Con
federate armies in the east were
under J. E. Johnston, and those
in the west under A. S. John
ston.
The campaign west of the
mountains began with an en
gagement at Mill Spring. Zolli
coffer, the Southern leader, was
killed leading a charge, and the
Confederates defeated.
The next blow to the Confed
erate cause came with the sur
render of Fort Henry, under
Tilghman, to Commodore Foote.
Next the strong fort Donelson
was captured by Grant and Foote.
This was a great blow to the
Southern cause, because the
whole of western Kentucky had
to be abandoned. Nashville was
occupied by Buell, and Tennessee
came into the possession of the
Federals. The strong garrison
at Columbus had to be moved to
Island No. 10.
Grant moved his army to Pitts
burg Landing. There he was
attacked by A.S. Johnston. The
first day the Confederates were
victorious, but near the end of
the battle A. S. Johnston was
killed. The next day Grant re
ceived reinforcements and drove
the Confederates from the field.
Soon after this Foote captured
Island No. 10. Sixty-seven hun
dred men surrendered.
v
In the latter part of April Ad
miral Farragut besieged the forts
south of New Orleans. On the
24th he ran past the forts, de
stroyed the little Confederate
fleet and forced New Orleans to
surrender on the 25th. Three
days later the forts below the
city surrendered.
On the coast, at Norfolk, the
Federals abandoned the steam
frigate, “Merrimac.” The Con
federates raised it, covered it
with railroad iron and renamed
it the “Virginia.’ ’ The “Vir
ginia” sailed to Hampton Roads
where the Federal fleet was
stationed. The “Virginia” ram
mod the “Cumberland” and sunk
it. Next she blew up and
burned the “Congress.” Then
she ran the “Minnesota” into a
sand bank and left her helpless.
The “Virginia” returned to Nor
folk for the night. She returned
to Hampton Roads the next
morning, intending to destroy
the rest ofSthe fleet, but encoun
tered a strange looking craft that
resembled a cheese box on a raft.
The “Virginia” fought the “Mon
itor” all day, but was unable to
ram her because the “Monitor”
went in water too shallow for the
j ‘ ‘Virginia’ ’to float in. The ‘ ‘Vir
ginia returned to Norfolk with
even honors. She was after
wards blown 'up to escape cap
ture by the Federals.
On the peninsular between the
James and the York rivers Mc-
Clellan was preparing to march
to Richmond with an army 120,-
000 strong. J. E. Johnston op- J
posed him with an army of 30,000.
The armies met at a place called
Seven Pines. Johnston fought,
McClellan to a standstill, but
Johnston was seriously wounded
and Lee was appointed to the,
chief command.
In the late spring Jackson be
gan his famous valley campaign.
Here Jackson showed that he
was the peer of any general that
ever lived. With his little army
of 15,000 men he met and de
feated the four armies under
Milroy, Banks, Shields and Fre
mont. The union armies con
tained from 45,000 to 60,000
soldiers. On May Bth Jackson
met and defeated Milroy at Mc-
Dowell. On May 23rd he met
Banks at Front Royal. Jackson
was victorious. On the
Jackson completely crushed
Banks at Winchester.
The authorities at Washington
began to fear lest Jackson with;
his little army should attack the (
Union capital. Jackson advanced ,
as far as Harper’s Ferry which;
even more frightened the people;
at Washington. Lincoln called,
for volunteers. Shields and Fre-;
mont were sent to capture Jack- ■
son The Shenandoah river was
between Shields and Fremont. J
All three armies were marching j
in parallel lines. On June 7th t
Jackson suddenly turned on Fre
mont and whipped him. Then
crossing the river and burning
the bridge so that the remnant
of Fremont’s army could not
come to the aid of the other
army, he attacked Shields and
completely crushed him.
In less than a month’s time,
Jackson, with his army of 15,000
men, had marched five hundred j
miles, whipped four separate
armies and captured more than a
million dollars worth of provis
ions, and gained for themselves
the name of foot cavalry.” Mc-
Clellan was again preparing to
attack Richmond with 115,000
men. Lee opposed him with
65,000. Jackson was secretly re
called from the Valley to aid Lee.
J. E. B. Stuart rode entirely
around McClellan with 1200 cav
alry. He gained information for
Lee that was very useful. Me*
Clellan had been misinformed by
negroes as to the strength of
Lee’s army and sent for rein
forcements. None were sent
however.
On June 25th one of the blood
iest battles of the war began.
It lasted until July Ist, when the
battle of Malvern Hill was fought.
Because of its length it received
the name of Seven Days Battle.
The losses were more than 15,000
on each side.
After McClellan’s failure, Hal
leck was called from the west
and made commander-in-chief of
the union armies. From the rem
nants of the armies of Banks,
Fremont and McDonell anew
army was formed and placed un
der Pope. It numbered 40,000.
Pope was a braggart. He said,
“I come from the West where
we have always seen the backs
of our enemies.” But Pope and
McDowell were defeated at the
second battle of Manassas by
Lee and Jackson. The battle
lasted through August 29th and
30th. Pope retreated to Wash
ington and McClellan was again
put in command.
On Sept. 15, Lee entered Mary
land hoping that the people would
rise up and join his army, but he
got no recruits. McClellan at
tacked him on the 17th and the
drawn battle of Sharpsburg was
fought. That night Lee recrossed
the Potomac into Virginia.
Burnside then very reluctantly
accepted the chief command. On
Dec. 13 he crossed the Rappahan
nock at Fredericksburg with
90,000 Federals. He was met by
Lee with 60,000 men. Lee gained
a decisive victory and Burnside
recrossed the river,
j The armies remained in this
position the rest of the winter.
On Sept. 22nd Lincoln issued
the proclamation of warning in
which he said that the slaves
would be freed in those states
that did not return to the Union
by Jan. 1. On Jan. 1 he issued
his Proclamation of Emancipa
tion. By this ail the slaves in
the seceded states were forever
freed. He issued his proclama
tions to weaken the South.
In th' 1 South, on account of the
blockade, prices had risen so that
people could buy very few things.
Coffee was worth S2O a pound
and kid gloves sold for from $5
to $25 a pair. Sewing machines
could not be bought at any price.
But the devotion and bravery
of southern women is one of the
‘most wonderful things of the
1 war. They nursed the sick and
wounded soldiers. They made
clothes for the soldiers. Many a
soldier’s feet were kept from be
ing frozen by socks knitted by
the brave women at home. The
women ran the farms and raised
provisions for the army. But
most of all. they gave their
brothers, fathers, lovers and hus
bands without a murmur to the
cause more dear to them than
life.
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