On the same day the Confederacy adopted the famous flag of the Stars and Bars, and Harry and his friends were soon singing in unison and with fiery enthusiasm: "Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern rights, hurrah! Hurrah for the bonnie blue flag that bears a single star!" The spring deepened and with it the tension and excitement.

The warm winds from the South blew over Charleston, eternally keen with the odor of rose and orange blossom.

The bay moved gently, a molten mass now blue, now green.

The blue figures could be seen now and then on the black walls of Sumter, but the fortress was silent, although the muzzles of its guns always threatened.
Harry received several letters from his father.

The latest stated that he might want him to return, but he was not needed yet.