Had the call been for four times seventy-five thousand, and for a service of three years, there is little doubt the people would have responded without hesitation.
For a short time after my arrival at the East, I remained in a small town in Southern New Hampshire.

A few days after the first call was issued, a friend invited me to a seat in his carriage for a ride to Portsmouth, the sea-port of the State.

On reaching the city we found the war spirit fully aroused.

Two companies of infantry were drilling in the public square, and the citizens were in a state of great excitement.

In the course of the afternoon my friend and myself were arrested, by a committee of respectable citizens, who suspected us of being Southern emissaries.