The world: historical and actual . -*F »-£+ THE PERIOD OF CONFLICT. 53i was in the streets of Baltimore. That city fully sym-pathized with the South, yet lay between the Northand the national capital. It was on the nineteenthof April that some Massachusetts volunteers werefired upon as they passed through the streets of thatcity. The effect was to stimulate the patriotism ofthe North, and render still more remote all hope ofreconciliation. June ?> occurred a trivial battle at Philippi, whichwas a Con- federate rout,and a weeklater the Un-ion troopswere repuls-ed at BigBethel. Thusdid the fr
The world: historical and actual . -*F »-£+ THE PERIOD OF CONFLICT. 53i was in the streets of Baltimore. That city fully sym-pathized with the South, yet lay between the Northand the national capital. It was on the nineteenthof April that some Massachusetts volunteers werefired upon as they passed through the streets of thatcity. The effect was to stimulate the patriotism ofthe North, and render still more remote all hope ofreconciliation. June ?> occurred a trivial battle at Philippi, whichwas a Con- federate rout,and a weeklater the Un-ion troopswere repuls-ed at BigBethel. Thusdid the fr-tunes of waralternate Confed-erates rout ci 1at Booues-ville,the Fed-erals at Car-thage. In themeanwh ileCongress hadmet, July ?,.in extra sc: -sion, and hot. large scale. ides were eager for a battle upon aEach seemed to think that one greatvictory and allwould lie over. On to Rich-mond was thecry of the North :•• Mi, to Washing-ton of the impatientpublic hail notLing to wait. July. 1 witnessed thefirst great battleof the war, theikwin nrst Hull Bun, or as i! is called in the South. A slight skir-mish at Centerville three davs liefore had occurred.
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