Young folks' history of the United States . and a half millions (31,443,321). CHAPTER XXXI. THE CIVIL WAR. LINCOLN. N O one who was not in the midst of it can ima-The North£:ine the excitement that arose in all the Northern *^^^^.^y o surprise. States when it was heard that Fort Sumter had beenattacked. Up to that moment there had been a greatdivision of feeling at theNorth; and there weremany who thought that, bypatient efforts, those whowished to secede from theUnion could be broughtback again. Few really be-lieved that there was to beany serious fighting. Whilethe white population of theSou
Young folks' history of the United States . and a half millions (31,443,321). CHAPTER XXXI. THE CIVIL WAR. LINCOLN. N O one who was not in the midst of it can ima-The North£:ine the excitement that arose in all the Northern *^^^^.^y o surprise. States when it was heard that Fort Sumter had beenattacked. Up to that moment there had been a greatdivision of feeling at theNorth; and there weremany who thought that, bypatient efforts, those whowished to secede from theUnion could be broughtback again. Few really be-lieved that there was to beany serious fighting. Whilethe white population of theSouth had been preparingfor war, the Northern peo-ple had gone about their usual employments ; and, whenthe attack came, they were quite taken by surprise. Al-though, three months before, the Confederates in Louis-iana had seized upon the fort at the mouth of the Missis-sippi, and upon the United States Arsenal at BatonRouge the Northern people could not convince them-selves that actual war would take place. So they werestill unprepared. 293. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 294 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. The firstcall fortroops. When President Lincoln was inaugurated (March 4,1861), the regular army was very small, and very muchscattered; but, on the 15th of April, he issued a callfor seventy-five thousand volunteers for three monthsonly. A few regiments of militia were hastily sum-moned from the different States for the defence ofWashington. One of these, the Sixth Massachusetts.
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