When US President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to help end the Southern rebellion, four more Southern states joined the Confederacy. These were the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee. The Confederacy now was composed of eleven states.
Arkansas was a deep South slave state, however did not join the Confederacy until May 9, 1861. When President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to end the Southern rebellion, Arkansas saw a threat in Washington DC and joined the Confederate States of America.
After President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer troops to end the Southern rebellion, the North Carolina militia took control of federal forts Caswell and Johnston.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis considered President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to be a declaration of war against the South. Davis then sent three commissioners to Europe in an attempt to gain recognition for the new Confederacy. Overtures were to made to Belgium, Great Britain, France and Russia. In addition to recognition, Davis was hopeful that treaties of friendship and trade could also be made.
After the fall of Fort Sumter, US President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to end the Southern rebellion. The South now knew that President Lincoln would no accept any more losses. Despite that, Southern confidence was made stronger when four other states joined the Confederacy. Now there were eleven states in the Confederacy. Confidence was renewed once more when the first major battle of the war, the Battle of Bull Run, was a victory for the South. The North was shocked at the loss. Southern confidence remained strong as the end of 1861 came to an end, and they had not suffered any major defeats.
After the surrender of Fort Sumter in April of 1861, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months and end the Southern rebellion. After Lincoln's announcement, the southern slave states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina joined the Confederacy.
It was called the Confederacy. And The confederacy's President was Jefferson Davis.
After the siege and surrender of the Union Fort Sumter, US President Lincoln wanted to end the Southern rebellion as fast as he could. Both sides expected the rebellion to not last long. Because of that belief, Lincoln only called for 75, 000 volunteers to be enlisted for only three months. Meanwhile the Confederacy had grown larger as four more states joined the South.
After the siege and surrender of the Union Fort Sumter, US President Lincoln wanted to end the Southern rebellion as fast as he could. Both sides expected the rebellion to not last long. Because of that belief, Lincoln only called for 75, 000 volunteers to be enlisted for only three months. Meanwhile the Confederacy had grown larger as four more states joined the South.
Arkansas was a deep South slave state, however did not join the Confederacy until May 9, 1861. When President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to end the Southern rebellion, Arkansas saw a threat in Washington DC and joined the Confederate States of America.
Alexander Stephens
US President Lincoln had declared the Southern "rebellion" a threat to the Union and the US Constitution. His first step to weaken this "outlaw government" was to call up volunteers to use force to end it. He soon after understood that he had a major crisis on hand and mobilized more troops in his address to Congress in July of 1861. The First Battle of Bull Run and his call for a blockade of Southern ports were attempts to weaken the South. Aside from actual military action, his two Emancipation Proclamations were "war measures" attempting to create social chaos in the South. Also, the Confiscation Acts, were passed to confiscate Southern property that was in the way of the Union's efforts to end the Southern rebellion.
In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers from the various states to join the Union army and suppress the rebellion in the southern states. This was in response to the attack on Fort Sumter and the secession of several southern states. The call for volunteers sparked intense patriotic fervor and propelled the United States into the American Civil War.