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President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
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President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
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Proclamation 80
1861 U.S. presidential proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln
Proclamation 80, titled "A Proclamation by the President of the United States, April 15, 1861," was a presidential proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. It called for 75,000 militiamen to suppress the rebellion in the states that had…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 15
Day of the year
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