OCTOBER 22, 1863:
In
response to the enthusiastic public response to President Abraham Lincoln’s call earlier this week for “300,000
more” Union troops, Confederate President Jefferson Davis likewise calls upon
his citizenry to “. . . volunteer for a week, a month, or six months, as they might
feel disposed, in order that the Confederate cause might yet triumph.” It is hard for Confederate men to ignore Davis' thoughtless use of the word might, and Davis' call inspires no singing.
