On April 14, 1861, the day after Fort Sumter fell to the Confederacy, President Abraham Lincoln issued this call to arms, published in The Ohio Repository on April 17, 1861. “PRESIDENT’S ...

Lincoln's call in April for 75,000 troops for 90 days was upgraded in May to 500,000 troops for three years.

After decades of debate, legislators are finally sensing strong support for repealing Maryland's state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against "Northern scum"; that refers ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months. Five volunteer companies from Pe… ...

George W. Durell was among the first to respond to President Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms on April 15, 1861. As orderly sergeant, Durell played a critical role in marshaling Reading’s… ...

In 1861 – 160 years ago – 475 men from Berks, Lehigh, ... By answering President Abraham Lincoln’s call for troops to defend Washington so quickly and decisively, ...

The presidential voting of Nov. 6, 1860, was a watershed in American history, with the election of Abraham Lincoln all but guaranteeing that the South would break from the Union. Indeed, on this ...

It’s taken for granted that the people of Reading and Berks County, whose militia were among the first to respond to President Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms in 1861, would be distraught at ...