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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
ents in the armies thus constituted. Besides these national troops, the States more immediately threatened by their proximity to the seat of insurrection, also organized forces for the defence of their respective territories; and in order to attain this end more effectually, they sometimes formed mutual associations without the intervention of the central power. Wherever danger appeared imminent, the spirit of local initiative called into existence new and sudden resources. When, in July, 1861, for instance, Congress voted the levy of five hundred thousand men, of which we shall speak in proper time, the States adjoining the frontier of slavery had anticipated the call, and organized forces for their own protection against the insurgents, who, as we have seen, were arming in Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky. These troops had their own generals and staff officers, whose rank was confined to the State that had conferred it upon them. Numerous regiments were thus raised in Pennsy
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ore difficult and troublesome to maintain the blockade, the number of vessels employed in that service was increased. Consequently, at the end of a year, at the period when the Atlantic coast is incessantly lashed by a raging sea and the northern gales sweep the Gulf of Mexico, the blockade was effectually established from the vicinity of Washington to the mouth of the Rio Grande. Two squadrons, which were each to be subdivided at the commencement of 1862, had been formed in the month of July, 1861. One, called the Atlantic blockading squadron, consisted of twenty-two vessels, carrying two hundred and ninety-six guns and three thousand three hundred men, and was commanded by Commodore Stringham. The other, under Commodore Mervine, known as the blockading squadron of the Gulf of Mexico, was composed of twenty-one ships, with an armament of two hundred and eighty-two guns and a force of three thousand five hundred men. We cannot enter into a detailed account of the incidents which
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
rtant of these posts were Fort Fillmore, near El Paso, then Fort Craig and the town of Albuquerque, higher up, and to the east, in the mountains, Forts Union and Staunton. Since the capitulation of Major Lynde's troops, near Fort Fillmore, in July, 1861, the Confederates had been masters of the course of the Rio Grande, in the southern portion of New Mexico, from El Paso to above Fort Thorn, also situated on that river. But they had refrained from disturbing the Federals in their possession ot New Orleans, and that Foote's gun-boats were not protected by their armor against the plunging fire of Fort Donelson. In the mean while, more formidable adversaries were preparing on both sides to enter the lists. As early as the month of July, 1861, the Federal Secretary of War had appointed a committee to examine all the plans that had been submitted to him for building iron-clads. A few months after, this committee recommended the construction of three vessels, expressing, at the same