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Title: "My country, 'tis of thee!" or, The United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 1857-1931 Habberton, John, 1842-1921
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J. Y. Huber co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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^ decisive actionwas taken by the new administration. Eventhe fact that a convention had been held atMontgomery, Alabama, a Constitution adopted,and a President elected of the Confederated South-ern States had received no active opposition ; butwhen Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor wasbeleaguered by a Confederate force, preparationswere made to relieve it at once, thus decidingthe question of war. Early in April a fleetsailed southward and took possession of the fort.As soon as it became known in Charleston, hos-tilities were determined upon unless MajorAnderson, the Federal commander, at onceevacuated the fort. He refused, and on the 12thday of April, 1861, at the hour of five A. m., thefirst gun was fired which announced the begin-ning of the greatest civil war in history. Of this war we shall not attempt to give a
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THE STORY OF THE NATION. 129 detailed account, but shall merely pass in rapidreview over tlie most important events, giving ageneral outline of the basis on which it wasfought. The reduction of Fort Sumter was fol-lowed by a call from President Lincoln forseventy-five thousand volunteers, which werequickly furnished. Yet the valuable nav)^ yardat Norfolk fell into the hands of the Confederates,and the capture of Washington was only avertedby a hasty movement of the troops. The firstsituation was a little complex; there was ineffect a double war—one in Virginia and thecountry north of it, the other in the States bor-dering the Mississippi River on the east. Therewere minor fields of campaigning west of theriver^ and along the coast where the blockadeproved useful in isolating the South from foreigncountries. The seceding States having chosen JeffersonDavis as President, made Richmond, Virginia,their capital, and the two capitals—Richmondand Washington—were the points between whic

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