Battlefield civil war 1 First Manassas first bull run 1

In the wake of Fort Summer both nations rushed to prepare for war, especially after Lincoln issued a call 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion. That act alone helped propel the wavering Southern states like Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee into the new Confidence. A peculiar self-confidence infused both sides as their citizens turned soldiers began drilling for first the time. In the South, men convinced themselves that the Yankees would never fight. Having been beaten at Sunter they would not have the stomach for real battle Southern physical moral and spiritual superiority had reclaimed success for the new nation.