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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
attack. Notwithstanding Mr. Buchanan's weakness, it was too much to exact from him the surrender of Fort Sumter; public opinion in the North was unanimous in reminding him that it was his duty to protect the Federal property. He refused to comply with the demands of the commissioners, contrary to the advice of his Secretary of War, who, thinking that he had done enough in that capacity for the cause of the South, availed himself of this disagreement to tender his resignation, on the 31st of December. The year 1861 began under the gloomiest auspices. South Carolina had shown that secession was not an idle threat. Six of the Southern States were preparing to follow her example; the others, while deploring the dismemberment of the Union, declared themselves opposed to any energetic measures against the seceders. The North——divided into two parties, one of which looked upon the election of Mr. Lincoln as a victory, the other as a defeat—could not realize the magnitude of the dang<
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
al sources, where the truth is more likely to have been underrated than overdrawn. They convey an idea of the powerful influence exercised by the season and by ennui in reducing the strength of the Southern armies, without the aid of battles. On the 31st of October, 1861, the army of Northern Virginia, out of sixty-six thousand two hundred and forty-three men, counted forty-four thousand one hundred and thirty-one present, and twenty-two thousand one hundred and twelve absent. On the 31st of December, out of ninety-eight thousand and eighty-eight men there were sixty-two thousand one hundred and twelve present and thirty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy-six absent. Finally, when reduced, on the 28th of February, 1862, by the detachment sent to Beauregard, to an effective total of eighty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-five, it no longer counted more than forty-seven thousand six hundred and seventeen present, against thirty-six thousand six hundred and eight absent. The