ful
iron-clad ship. Admiral Farragut sailed into the bay with a fleet of
wooden ships and several iron vessels like the "Monitor." When he went
past the forts he stood in the rigging of his ship, with his spy-glass
in his hand. He did not seem to care anything for cannon-balls. He took
the forts, and since then Farragut has been one of our great naval
heroes.

There was one Confederate privateer, the "Alabama," which caused
terrible loss to the merchants of the North. It took in all sixty-five
vessels, which were set on fire and burned. In June, 1864, the "Alabama"
was met near the coast of France by the frigate "Kearsarge," and a
furious battle took place. For two hours they fought, and then the
"Alabama" sagged down into the water and sank to the bottom of the sea.
She had done much harm to the North, but her career was at an end.

Now let us turn back to the war on land and see what was going on there.
I have told you the story of the fighting up to the great 4th of July,
1863, when Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant and General Lee
marched away from Gettysburg. That is where we dropped the threads which
we have now to take up again.

After Grant had taken Vicksburg and opened the Mississippi from St.
Louis to its mouth, he set out for the town of Chattanooga, which is in
Tennessee just north of Georgia. Here there had been a great battle in
which the Confederate army won the victory, and the Union troops were
shut up in Chattanooga with very little to eat.

Grant was not there long before there came a change. General Bragg, the
Confederate commander, had his army on the summits of two mountains
named Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. These were defended by
strong forts. But the Union troops charged up the mountain sides in the
face of the fire of rifles and cannon and soon had possession of the
forts. General Bragg's army was defeated with great loss. This was one
of the most brilliant victories of the war. The battle of Lookout
Mountain has been called "the battle above the clouds."

Everybody now saw that General Grant was much the best general on the
Union side, and President Lincoln made him commander-in-chief of all the
armies in the field. Grant at once laid his plans to have the armies all
work together. General Sherman was left in command of the army of the
West and Grant came to Virginia to fight General Lee.

In the green month of May, 1864, all the armies were set in motion, and
North and