. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... , and engaged a number of powerfularmies, and a formidable navy. The call ofPresident Lincoln for troops had been cheer-fully responded to, and the opening of theyear found the United States provided with aforce of over half a million of men, splendidlyarmed and equipped, and supplied with every-thing necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. The North had profited by itsfirst reverses, and was resolved that its nexteffort, which was to be made at
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... , and engaged a number of powerfularmies, and a formidable navy. The call ofPresident Lincoln for troops had been cheer-fully responded to, and the opening of theyear found the United States provided with aforce of over half a million of men, splendidlyarmed and equipped, and supplied with every-thing necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. The North had profited by itsfirst reverses, and was resolved that its nexteffort, which was to be made at the openingof the season for active operations, shouldfind it thoroughly prepared for the task it hadundertaken. A cordial support was given to the meas-ures of the government by the people. Itswants were supplied by means of a heavyloan which was readily negotiated with thecapitalists of the Eastern States. From themoment that the despondency caused by thereverse at Bull Run had subsided sufficientlyto enable the people of the loyal States toface the situation calmly, everyone saw thatthe work of preparation must all be done over. JOHN SLIDELL. from the beginning, and it was done bravelyand thoroughly. During the fall and winterthe army was rapidly increased ; vessels werepurchased and built for the navy. The Southern armies, on the other hand,had grown steadily weakei The first suc-cesses of the Confederate troops had greatlydemoralized the Southern people. Volun-teering soon ceased almost entirely. Eventhe heaviest bounties failed to bring was a widespread delusion throughoutthe South that the war was practically measures of the Confederate Congresssteadily thinned, instead of filling up theranks of the Southern armies, and when thenew year dawned there was grave reason to
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