4. To whom were most of the Southern people giving support? How did they view the probable election of Mr. Lincoln? 5. Who were elected? What did some of the Southern States intend to do? 6. What occurred before the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln? 7. What act was passed by the North Carolina Legislature? 8. Can you tell the result of the vote upon this question? 9. What was the South beginning to realize? 10. What call was made upon North Carolina by Mr. Lincoln? With what result? 11. When did North Carolina leave the Union? 12. Can you repeat the Ordinance of Secession? 13. Mention the political opinions to be found in the State upon these questions? 14. What had been the hope of many of our people? How was the news of secession received? 15. What occurred on June 9th? Who succeeded Governor Ellis? 16. What seizures were made by North Carolina authorities? 17. What are the thoughts upon this period? CHAPTER LV. THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. A. D. 1861. The people of North Carolina loved the Union of States that had been in such large part constructed by the heroism and wisdom of their own fathers. They well knew its value to themselves under an unbroken Federal Constitution; they knew, too, the danger incurred in the attempt to absolve them selves from further Federal connections. But they knew, also, their rights under the Constitution, and were fully determined neither to surrender them nor to aid in the subjugation of their sister States. As the State had entered the Union by action of a convention of her own people, she now resolved to leave it in the same manner. 2. For more than a month before the memorable 20th day of May, 1861, when the secession ordinance was passed, troops were volunteering and being received by Governor Ellis from many portions of the State. The first ten companies were embodied in a regiment, of which Major Daniel H. Hill was elected colonel by the commissioned officers. They were at once sent to Yorktown, in Virginia. 3. On June 9th, General Benjamin F. Butler, who was in command of the United States forces at Fortress Monroe, in Virginia, sent a column of troops up the peninsula for the purpose of ascertaining the possibility of reaching Richmond, which city had recently become the Capital of the Southern Confederacy. Early the next morning the Federal advance became confused in the darkness and two of their regiment, fired upon each other.