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Title: Redeeming the republic : the third period of the war of the rebellion, in the year 1864
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896
Subjects: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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arms one day as quiet, peace-able, unoffending citizens, who the next day would be miles away fromtheir homes, burning bridges on the railroad, drawing spikes from theties, rolling stones upon the track, or pouncing upon a Union army-trainor an outpost guarded by half a dozen soldiers. There were frequentskirmishes and small engagements. General Thomas organized a forceof loyal Tennesseeans who were thoroughly acquainted with the conn-try, who guarded the railroads and bridges, thus relieving the troops.The one line of railroad leading from Chattanooga to Nashville was re-paired, but not till the month of March could there be any preparationfor the great campaign of the year. Steamboats were built to ply uponthe Tennessee, a great storehouse was erected at Chattanooga, block-houses were built at the crossings of rivers, together with fortifications,so that a few troops would be able to protect the bridges. By such ar-rangements the Union cavalrj7, which had been guarding the railroads
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OPENING OF THE YEAR 1864. 21 and holding the country in rear of the armies, were relieved and placedin positions to take part in the approaching campaign. President Lincoln was informed that there were a large number ofUnion men in Florida, and that if a military force were sent to thatsection a State government that would be loyal to the Unioncould be organized.- He therefore directed General Gillmore,in command of the troops on the south Atlantic coast, who had capturedFort Wagner, and who had reduced Sumter to a shapeless ruin (seeMarching to Victory), to send an expedition to Jacksonville. So itcame about that on February 7th twenty steamers, several gunboats, anda fleet of schooners appeared off the mouth of St. Johns River withfive thousand troops, which landed at Jacksonville, and marched into thecountry along the line of the Central Railroad leading westward, dispers-ing small bodies of Confederate troops, capturing eight cannon, severalwagons, a large amount of supplies, and

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