Kentucky
The Battle of Bull Run led President Lincoln to conclude that the Civil War would take longer and require more troops. The Union Army was defeated and it led President Lincoln to request the enlistment of additional troops.
To safeguard Washington DC.
Abraham Lincoln.
He called for additional troops.
He called for additional troops.
He called for additional troops.
He called for additional troops.
He called for additional troops.
He called for additional troops.
In July of 1864, President Lincoln was advised that more troops were needed to fill the ranks of Union armies. The Overland Campaign in Virginia, under US Grant, was losing too many men in battle. Also, many Union soldiers had spent their required time in the army and were not reenlisting. Lincoln called for 500,000 more troops from the states.
Probably Abraham Lincoln. Followed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.