Between Port Hudson and Vicksburg, the river was completely under the control of the Confederates; and it was a powerful gunboat that could hope to navigate that stretch of water unharmed.
The fall of Fort Henry opened the way for the Union advance to Fort Donelson, and marked the first step of the United States Government toward regaining control of the Mississippi.
With these two forts the Confederates claimed that they could control the entrance to Albemarle Sound.
This victory gave to the United States the entirecontrol of the North Carolina sounds and tributary navigable waters.
So ended the Confederate control over the mouth of the Mississippi; and Porter, after waiting long enough to see a blue-coat garrison in Forts St. Philip and Jackson, started up the river to rejoin his chief in New Orleans.
It became evident, very early in the war, that no great progress could be made in the task of crushing the powerful insurrection until telling blows had been struck at the Confederate control of the inland waterways.
I control bay completely, and can take city at any time.
The hardly won conquests of intellectual freedom and self-control can easily be overthrown by a reaction that will know no bounds and which it will be impossible to regulate.
Madame Blavatsky's peculiar powers: "One time she was trying to explain to me the control of the mind over certain currents in the ether about us, and to illustrate she made some little taps come on my own head.
As the mechanical transmission of power is by this means entirely cut off between the copper vessel and the board, A B, the power of muscularcontrol is thereby completely eliminated.
Blessed are they that lie,' I read aloud, unable to control the laughter which shook me.
Possibly Mr. Keeler would claim that the handwriting was the work of his control "Geo.
Because life could be terrible, too, if the wonderful forces we control got out of hand.
He summoned all his self-control and grinned carefully.
But its power supply could mean complete destruction in a last resort to madness, for revenge--if someone lost control of himself, smashed the safety stops on controls, pushed levers a little beyond them.
As for what happened at that moment: there was transpatial warning, radioed out fifteen seconds ahead, telling of forces gone hopelessly out of controlin the lunar laboratories.
General von Kluck, still in charge of the First German Army, was in control of the western section from the Forest of the Eagle to the plateau of Craonne.
It had aver a hundred thousand professional non-commissioned officers or subofficers, admirably suited to their work, with their men marching under the control of their eye and finger.
The capture of Huy gave the Germans control of the railway from Aix-la-Chapelle to France, though broken at Liege by the still standing northern forts.
That was in the nature of a master stroke, for it gave the Belgians control of the shortest railway from Germany into West Flanders.
To secure the pathway through this strategic country it also is necessary to have control of the territory on all sides, and this is quite as true in a political as in a military sense.
Their fall released into German control the railway junction at Ans.
I thought he was going to spring out of the bed when he said that, the temper come over him so quick and sudden, but I held him down and begged him to control himself, and he quietened himself.
There was control over it, but the control was not obtrusive.
I wish to my goodness I had as much control over myself as you have!
After a time, she gained control of herself, and gradually her sobs subsided, and then they ceased.
If the MacDermott family is not to be incontrol of it, then I'd like well for the name to be painted out altogether and the new name put in its place.
Lizzie could not controlher laughter when he said "parcel.
She had restrained him with some difficulty during the past months, but now she felt instinctively that her control had vanished.
Greek scepticism had already gained too strong a hold upon young Romans of rank, to let them regard the theology of the State other than as a machinery devised by wise men to control an ignorant rabble.
Gaul, losing control of his temper, and, before Marcia could answer, he struck the freedman down with his staff.
Besides, she began to realize that the respect she could not help feeling for the attitude of the young soldier might hamper whatever efforts she could put forth to ensnare and control him.
The reason they were scheming for Michael to marry me was in order to obtain control of my money.
There was no telling, Franklin declared, how far aeronautic improvements might be pushed.
I hear so many pleasant things of Orleans, that I should certainly (if one half of them are verified on inspection) settle down there were it not for Theodosia and her boy; but these will control my fate.
I do not see how any unbiased man can doubt, but still I do not pretend to control the opinion of others, much less to take offence at any man for differing from me.
But we cannot control necessity, though we often persuade ourselves that certain things are our choice, when in truth we have been unavoidably impelled to them.
As soon as they came under my control I mentioned the subject to Colonel Burr; but he prohibited the destruction of any part of them during his lifetime.
Whatever may have been the wishes of Colonel Burr, it is certain that they were so far under his own control as to prevent him from entering into any negotiation, bargain, or intrigue to obtain the presidency.
At all events, they were under the management and control of federalists; and to counteract their alleged influence, Colonel Burr was anxious for the establishment of a democratic institution.
She will have the control of the cabin, and will be perfectly well accommodated.
On this point he was excessively vain, and regardless of all those ties which ought to control an honourable mind.
Tell me more precisely the movements and intentions of the family, as they will in some measure control mine.
After all, she was the eldest of six girls, and six girls rapidly growing up might become too much even for the secretary of the Church of England Purity Society to control successfully.
Chopin, however, did not always control his temper.
When I spoke of Liszt's artistic self-control and calmness in overcoming the greatest technical difficulties, he exclaimed: "Ainsi il parait que mon avis est juste.
And to speak of the irresistible prompting of genius in connection with one who had her faculties so well under her control is downright mockery.
In a Republic like ours, the patriotic Republicans would cheerfully see the equally patriotic Democrats control the funds, but, then, Republics are all Utopias, the lands of the Hope fulfilled!
I had not been long in Denmark when I realised that Germany, in the three Scandinavian countries, was looked on either as a powerful enemy or as a potential friend, and that she tried, above all, to control the learned classes.
The desire of the Germans in the provinces to control the majority became more and more apparent.
He must be absolute as far as the right of his family and those of the hereditary succession went, and quite as absolute in his control over such laws as were for the increase of the Kultur of his people.
But one could see that the Turks and the Balkan peoples, whatever might be their difference of opinion, or their own desire for territory, felt that the German controlmeant the closing of the steel fist upon them.
Believe me, if the Kaiser can control Russia, and draw a straight line to the Persian Gulf, he will close his fist on England.
United States could arrange to oust England from control of the Atlantic and make an alliance with Germany, these two countries would rule the world.
In this country, as in Touraine, atmospheric vicissitudescontrol commercial life.
His despotic spirit had grown in proportion to his avarice, and to part with the control of the smallest fraction of his property at the death of his wife seemed to him a thing "against nature.
The Federalists feared lest the acquisition of this vast domain should give the South a perpetual preponderance and control of the Government.
Brown could not control even the Missouri delegation.
It is to be hoped," he said, "that Congress when it meets will put some check upon federal judges in assuming control of railroads and issuing blanket injunctions and punishing people for contempt of their assumed authority.
Not only were the Republicans in power, but the most radical of them had control within the party.
The reason for adopting this clause was to validate the corresponding part of the Civil Rights Act and put it beyond repeal, in the event that the Republicans should at some future time losecontrol of Congress.
The third was counsel for a railroad against whose interests a bill was about to be reported in the Senate, which bill was in the control of Charles Sumner.
He and Mr. Bryant and Mr. Noyes expressed the opinion that Seward did not desire to go into the Cabinet unless he could control the patronage and thus serve his friends.
The greater our control of Nature becomes, the more its treasures are explored and utilized, the greater the need of strong personality to counteract the fatal force of matter.
Rather say, madam, that there is always one star above which can tranquillize and control them.
Not to speak of territorial dominion or political office, and such other things as we usually class under its appurtenances, do we not desire an exclusive control over what is beautiful and lovely?
However he had strength enough to control himself.
Because, though this fortune belongs to me, the controlof it belongs to your father.
It was only toward the close of the interview, and after an unexpected revelation from me, that he lost all control over himself.
Regaining his self-control by a powerful effort, he preceded Madame de Fondege through the magnificent apartments of the mansion, lightly saying: "My wife is in her boudoir.
However, Madame Ferailleur had sufficient self-control to shrug her shoulders.
Either he has extraordinary control over himself or this scene conceals some mystery," thought Pascal.
The baron's own powers of self-control and dissimulation were almost exhausted, and so postponing until another time the many questions he still wished to ask M.
It was so powerful, indeed, that she could notcontrol it.
But I cannot accept this great responsibility unless I am allowed absolute controlof the affair.
His was the demeanour of a British artisan compelled by forces which he cannot control to perform a task not included in his contract.
And her love had not been utterly vain, for although her taste in dress was disastrous and her control of the letter "h" uncertain, her family were devoted to her.
Neither Miss Damer nor my hostess uttered a word, Lady Adela because her high breeding and immense self-control restrained her; Miss Damer, I shrewdly suspect, because she was engaged in bolting the last evidence of her complicity.
She was anxious for me, she could not control her suspense; she saw the execrable Tiberius.
Their efforts are particularly directed at the present time, and in this country, to corrupt and undermine the one and usurp complete control over the other.
His temper was so violent that in his fits of rage it was dangerous to attempt to control him.
The control and prevention of poverty is an example of the profound science of political economy which is manifested by the church.
Where Iva, Nesta, and Muriel had failed to control the school she had restored order, conducted the meeting admirably, and exhibited considerable powers of organisation.
It is only those who are accustomed to practise self- control who have the strength for an emergency.
If the orphans were heirs, they were often despoiled of their possessions by their guardians or married to parties unfit for them in order to have control of their estate.
If single a woman's property was more or less under the control of her guardian and when married her husband had control of her belongings.
They had full control of the home, as it appears that the husband entered the house of his wives, rather than the wives to have entered his.
In New York in the time of Dutch control two of the most common causes for whipping was drunkenness and theft.
Sometimes they were allowed to have full control of their own affairs, having their own special courts.
He did have some control of his person, for he had allotted to him a bit of land upon which he could work without being driven by an overseer.
This was a very important event in the life of the boy, as it freed him from the control of others, as he became by law a man, capable of looking after his own affairs and of holding property.
The young woman had no control over her person as she was under the charge of her father, and upon his death of a brother, and in case of no brother then the grandfather, and last her guardian.
In the early times, during the Vedic period, it would seem that the girls had some choice in the selection of the husband, and yet the father must have exercised some control over the affair.
She engaged in spinning and weaving and other household duties, and she had supreme control of household affairs.
He had the full control of the persons and property of his children and he could do with them as he chose, only being held back by that most binding of all laws--custom.
Besides this there are six other large establishments in Southern India, where books in the Tamil language are printed, all under the control of Missionary Societies.
Forcade and his companion were conducted to their dwelling, where they were surrounded by a numerous guard under the control of officers, and attended by domestics, as they were told, "to charm their leisure moments.
She busied herself with the urn until she could control her voice; then said, with a rather tremulous laugh: "Ah, thank you!
More good women have been tripped by over-confidence in their ability to curb and to control their own affections, than by direct temptation to love where love is not lawful.
There was an air of refinement and gentle self-control about her, which pleased the doctor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "control" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
