File:Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time (1901) (14784709632).jpg

Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort (find matches)
Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects:
Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
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 recruits.There was a widespread delusion throughoutthe South that the war was practically ended.The 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
Text Appearing After Image:
THE ARREST Oif MAbUN AND ;^Lli)FLL ON THE BRITISH STEAMER TRENT. 6$^ THE CIVIL WAR. fear that the spring campaign would find theSouth without an adequate army unless morevigorous measures were resorted to. It wasexceedingly doubtful whether the troopsalready in the service would renew their en-listments, which expired in the spring of 1862., During the winter the Southern Congressadopted a law granting a furlough and a heavybounty to every soldier who would re-enlistfor the war. The furlough was to be grantedduring the winter; the bounty to be paid ata later period. Many of those who wenthome on these furloughs did so with theintention of remaining there; and the practi-

Note About Images