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Thus for months and almost years it seemed as if the Confederates would succeed, and that the fetters of the slave would be fixed more firmly than ever. THUS FOR MONTHS AND ALMOST YEARS IT SEEMED AS IF THE CONFEDERATES WOULD SUCCEED AND THAT THE FETTERS OF THE SLAVE WOULD BE FIXED MORE FIRMLY THAN EVER
re 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. Then the war dragged slowly on for four long, weary years. At first the tide of battle ran full against the Federals. Their first victory had encouraged the rebels. Then a battle of very much more importance was fought close to a stream known as Bull's Run, and here again the North was defeated. Then others joined the Confederates. Several of the most brilliant soldiers and commanders, such as Lee and Jackson, were Virginians and slave-holders, and these of course threw in their lot with the South, and for some time the North had no men of equal capacity to set against them. E 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 THEN THE WAR DRAGGED SLOWLY ON FOR FOUR LONG WEARY YEARS AT FIRST THE TIDE OF BATTLE RAN FULL AGAINST THE FEDERALS THEIR FIRST VICTORY HAD ENCOURAGED THE REBELS THEN A BATTLE OF VERY MUCH MORE IMPORTANCE WAS FOUGHT CLOSE TO A STREAM KNOWN AS BULL'S RUN AND HERE AGAIN THE NORTH WAS DEFEATED THEN OTHERS JOINED THE CONFEDERATES SEVERAL OF THE MOST BRILLIANT SOLDIERS AND COMMANDERS SUCH AS LEE AND JACKSON WERE VIRGINIANS AND SLAVEHOLDERS AND THESE OF COURSE THREW IN THEIR LOT WITH THE SOUTH AND FOR SOME TIME THE NORTH HAD NO MEN OF EQUAL CAPACITY TO SET AGAINST THEM
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