A history of the American nation . --—-^ > ^•jiSat/ Castle IMuckncy V^ ^^ ^. private property . The firing on Sumteraroused the North tothe highestpitch of ex-ci t em en the great mass ofcitizens there were nolonger discussions of con-stitutional or legal flag of the nation had been fired upon, and that wasenough. The President called for volunteers to suppressthe insurrection, and the people answered with promptness;*as if by magic, the peaceful North became one vastcamp. Washington, surrounded by slaveholding States, wasin peril, and troops were hastened to it:, defense
A history of the American nation . --—-^ > ^•jiSat/ Castle IMuckncy V^ ^^ ^. private property . The firing on Sumteraroused the North tothe highestpitch of ex-ci t em en the great mass ofcitizens there were nolonger discussions of con-stitutional or legal flag of the nation had been fired upon, and that wasenough. The President called for volunteers to suppressthe insurrection, and the people answered with promptness;*as if by magic, the peaceful North became one vastcamp. Washington, surrounded by slaveholding States, wasin peril, and troops were hastened to it:, defense. The firstblood of the war was shed in Baltimore, where a mob resistedthe passage of the Northern regiments. The city, however, wassoon forcibly occupied and compelled to keep the peace. Mary-land was kept from joining the Confederacy. Washington wasgarrisoned and defended—it remained in effect a walled townfor the next four years. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,Louisiana, Texas, had passed ordinances of secession before thefiring on Sumter. Arkans
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