The summer of 1861 was marked by
a. a string of Union defeats.
b. a lull in fighting while the two armies reorganized.
c. defeatism in the Confederacy.
d. the emergence of William T. Sherman as the most successful Union general.
e. Robert E. Lee's emergence to preeminent leadership in the south.
ANS: B
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