When Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter and forced its surrender, he called on the states for 75,000 volunteers. 4 more slave states joined the Confederacy but four remained within the Union. The Civil War had begun.
The 13th Presedent of the United States
When Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter and forced its surrender, he called on the states for 75,000 volunteers. 4 more slave states joined the Confederacy but four remained within the Union. The Civil War had begun.