. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . good sense of the American people will ever stand between usand a resort to arms. The ominous rumbles from Pensacola,Augusta, Baton Rouge, and San Antonio meant nothing tothese peace proclaimers; it took the thunderclap of Sumter tohush them. It took the sudden and overwhelming uprising ofApril 15th to bring the hitherto confident backers of the Southface to face with an astounding fact. Seventy-five thousand men needed at once!—the activemilitia called instantly to the front! Less than fifteen thou-sand regulars scattered far and
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . good sense of the American people will ever stand between usand a resort to arms. The ominous rumbles from Pensacola,Augusta, Baton Rouge, and San Antonio meant nothing tothese peace proclaimers; it took the thunderclap of Sumter tohush them. It took the sudden and overwhelming uprising ofApril 15th to bring the hitherto confident backers of the Southface to face with an astounding fact. Seventy-five thousand men needed at once!—the activemilitia called instantly to the front! Less than fifteen thou-sand regulars scattered far and wide—many of them in Texas,but mainly on the Indian frontier—could the Nation musterin gathering toils. Many a Southern-born officer had resignedand joined the forces of his native State, but the rank and file,horse, foot, and gunners stood sturdily to their colors. Still,these tried and disciplined men were few and far between. Utterly unprepared for war of any kind, the Union lead-ers found themselves forced to improvise an army to defendtheir seat o
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