The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army - A Story of the Great Rebellion by Oliver Optic
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lived only a short distance from his own house.
"What do you think now, Fred?" said Thomas. "What do I think? I think just as I always did--the North is wrong, and the South is right," replied Fred. "Who fired upon Fort Sumter? That's the question," said Thomas, his eyes flashing with indignation. "Why didn't they give up the fort, then?" "Give up the fort! Shall the United States cave in before the little State of South Carolina. Not by a two chalks!" "I think the North has been teasing and vexing the South till the Southerns can't stand it any longer. There'll be war now." "I hope there will! By gracious, I hope so!" "I hope the South will beat!" "Do you? Do you, Fred Pemberton?" demanded Tom, so excited he could not stand still. "Yes, I do. The South has the rights of it. If we had let their niggers alone, there wouldn't have been any trouble." "You are as blind as a bat, Fred. Don't you see this isn't a quarrel between the North and the South, but between the government and the |
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