Sunday, April 15, 2007
This Day in American History
On this day in 1861, two days after learning that Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC harbor had been shelled by Confederate forces, President Lincoln sent Congress a message recognizing a state of war with the Southern states and calling for 75,000 volunteer soldiers. This, in turn, caused the Southern states to call for volunteers to defend against Lincoln's planned invasion and the war, our bloodiest by a long shot, was on.
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