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Title: Popular history of the civil war
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Cheney, C. Emma (Clara Emma)
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Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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i86i.) A Call for Help. 51 men who drill for amusement and exercise. Of course,these were the first to go, as they were all ready, beingarmed and uniformed. Besides the volunteer soldiers, there was a regular or stand-ing army, paid by the Government, whose duty it was tofight whenever it was needed. But we had been at peacefor so many years, that this force had grown to be very small.Then, too, we must remember that the greater part of thisarmy was stationed in the West to defend the frontier, orfarthest settlements, against the Indians. It would requiretime to bring these troops East, and it was not safe to with-draw them from their present position. Nearly all the offi-cers in the Confederacy had been officers in the armyof the United States when South Carolina seceded. Theyforgot who had fed and reared them, forgot their oath ofloyalty, and deserted their country to take up arms againsther^ Perhaps you will the better understand how grave a stepthis was, when you read the oath whi

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