Date Original
1861 April 15
Description
This collection contains a broadside of President Lincoln’s appeal to the Union, in order to call up militia troops after the attack on Fort Sumter.
Biographical/Historical Note
Three days after the attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called forth state militias, a total of 75,000 troops, to put down the rebellion of Confederate troops against the Union. A great number of citizens in the North answered the proclamation to serve for three months, but some Southern states refused to send troops against their neighbors and most of them would eventually join the Confederate States themselves.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.OV.025
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Lincoln's war proclamation, SMC.OV.025
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Lincoln's war proclamation, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
