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Within their first five days of meeting, the House approved a bill allowing Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, to borrow $250 million—a gigantic sum of money in that day—over the following 12 months to pay for the war effort. Over the next two months Congress passed a total of 62 bills related to the war. Such productivity was possible, in part, due to the absence of Southerners in the House and Senate. THE LEDGER OF WAR Even with the decision of the “border states” to remain in the Union, those supporting the Confederacy were confident.
In August, before most of the war had been fought, House members considered a bill to appropriate $2 million to help the transfer of Mexican territory to the United States. Americans were already certain they would win the war and that the government would gain territory from Mexico. ” POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY The amendment, though not passed, raised an immediate howl. But the issue of slavery in new American territories 31 32 The Civil War Era remained in the air. Month after month the amendment came up, only to be passed in the House and shunned by the Senate.
Then, as the battle raged, the Confederates received much needed reinforcements. Fresh troops reached the field under Joe Johnston’s command, along with cavalry forces under Colonel Jubal A. Early. Other Rebel soldiers reached the Manassas battlefield by train. For 14 hours, thousands of soldiers, most of them new to fighting, had engaged in an inconclusive battle, with no food or even water. But with their reinforcements, the Confederates now gained the upper hand and were able to push until 61 62 The Civil War Era the Federal line wavered, then collapsed in panicked confusion.