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Then the war dragged slowly on for four long, weary years. At first the tide of battle ran full against the Federals. THEN THE WAR DRAGGED SLOWLY ON FOR FOUR LONG WEARY YEARS AT FIRST THE TIDE OF BATTLE RAN FULL AGAINST THE FEDERALS
which Fort Sumter had fallen into their hands encouraged them to believe that they could easily snap the bonds which held the Union together. In the South the white population was supposed to be far superior to their Northern neighbours in all the arts of war. Their position as slave-masters had bred in them an arrogant temper and a reckless spirit. They were more practised at the rifle, better used to horsemanship, and more familiar with field sports, than the men of the North. And they fondly boasted that one Virginian could beat five Yankees. Indeed, the Southern States were so confident of their strength, that they did not really believe the North would fight; they might protest, they said, but that would be all. But men who talked like this little understood the intense love of country which burned in Northern hearts. The moment Fort Sumter fell, Lincoln appealed to the country for seventy-five thousand soldiers, and within three days nearly a hundred thousand men had volunteered. ES THE EASE WITH WHICH FORT SUMTER HAD FALLEN INTO THEIR HANDS ENCOURAGED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD EASILY SNAP THE BONDS WHICH HELD THE UNION TOGETHER IN THE SOUTH THE WHITE POPULATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FAR SUPERIOR TO THEIR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS IN ALL THE ARTS OF WAR THEIR POSITION AS SLAVE MASTERS HAD BRED IN THEM AN ARROGANT TEMPER AND A RECKLESS SPIRIT THEY WERE MORE PRACTISED AT THE RIFLE BETTER USED TO HORSEMANSHIP AND MORE FAMILIAR WITH FIELD SPORTS THAN THE MEN OF THE NORTH AND THEY FONDLY BOASTED THAT ONE VIRGINIAN COULD BEAT FIVE YANKEES INDEED THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE SO CONFIDENT OF THEIR STRENGTH THAT THEY DID NOT REALLY BELIEVE THE NORTHTH WOULD FIGHT THEY MIGHT PROTEST THEY SAID BUT THAT WOULD BE ALL BUT MEN WHO TALKED LIKE THIS LITTLE UNDERSTOOD THE INTENSE LOVE OF COUNTRY WHICH BURNED IN NORTHERN HEARTS THE MOMENT FORT SUMTER FELL LINCOLN APPEALED TO THE COUNTRY FOR SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND WITHIN THREE DAYS NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN HAD VOLUNTEERED
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