SERGEANT HART NAILING THE COLORS TO THE FLAGSTAFF OF FORT SUMTER.

DRUM-BEAT OF THE NATION

THE FIRST PERIOD OF

THE WAR OF THE REBELLION

FROM

ITS OUTBREAK TO THE CLOSE OF 1862

BY

CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN

AUTHOR OF "THE BOYS OF 76" "THE STORY OF LIBERTY" "OLD TIMES IN THE
COLONIES" "BUILDING THE NATION" &c.