. Popular history of the civil war . , sir ! when his captainorders him aloft in a storm, there came the hearty answer ofthe forty-two thousand men, in person too, which was wortha dozen promises. The fall of Sumter kindled a blaze of patriotism fromMaine to California. Enthusiasm knew no bounds. It wasestimated at the time, that, by the end of April, three hundredand fifty thousand men stood ready and willing to enter theservice of the Government, either on land or on sea. Lads were eager to enlist, and begged to be allowed toserve as drummer-boys when they were too young to beaccepted for th
. Popular history of the civil war . , sir ! when his captainorders him aloft in a storm, there came the hearty answer ofthe forty-two thousand men, in person too, which was wortha dozen promises. The fall of Sumter kindled a blaze of patriotism fromMaine to California. Enthusiasm knew no bounds. It wasestimated at the time, that, by the end of April, three hundredand fifty thousand men stood ready and willing to enter theservice of the Government, either on land or on sea. Lads were eager to enlist, and begged to be allowed toserve as drummer-boys when they were too young to beaccepted for the ranks. Old men forgot their stiff joints,and offered themselves to their country. 64 Young Folks History of the Civil War. [1861. A story is told of Mr. Bates, of Indiana, who enlisted, andwent into camp with his regiment at Indianapolis. Whenasked his age, he unwillingly confessed that he was ninety-two years old; but he said that he wished to show youngmen that old men were not afraid to fight. ■ ,«uyv<\lvl- <^*, ^. SPIRIT OF THE NORTH. In Boston, New York, and Chicago, mass meetings wereheld daily and nightly, where speeches were made, and im-mense sums of money subscribed, for the support of theGovernment. From old Trinity Church, in the city of NewYork, an immense flag floated, two hundred and forty feetfrom the ground. The chimes played Yankee Doodle,and The Red, White, and Blue; while the cheers fromthe throng on the street were almost deafening. The ladiesof New York held a meeting at the Cooper Institute, to or-ganize a society to provide * care for the sick and woundedof the army. This really looked like war. To make plansfor the care of the wounded, showed that battles were already i86i.) The Nations Answer, 65 thought of I and yet the war was but one week old. TheAmerican Express Company paid one-half his salary, dur-ing his whole term of service, to every man in its employwho volunteered; and it transported free all supplies forhospitals. The teache
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