CHAPTER VI.

THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR.

The South Excited and Ready--The North Indifferent and Unprepared--Sherman's Interview with Lincoln--His Plain Talk to his Brother--Disgusted with the Politicians--A St. Louis Street Railroad President--War Talk in St. Louis-- A Clerkship Declined--His Loyalty Doubted--Prophesying a Great Struggle--Bloodshed in St. Louis--Back to Washington--In Service at Last 75