During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln received the offer of a very unique gift from the King of Siam, Rama IV. He offered to send Lincoln war elephants to use against the Confederacy. The president thanked him for his generous offer, but declined the elephants.
Abraham Lincoln politely refused Siam's generous donation of War Elephants to the country.
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a gold sword
March 1861
King Siam was giving War Elephants to the United States.
The 16th President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865
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On 2 March 1861 he refused to take the oath to the Confederate States.
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Because he refused to take the Oath to the Confederacy.
When men refused to enlist (volunteer) for the Union Army (US Army) during the US Civil War (1861-1865), Uncle Sam DRAFTED THEM!
Fort Sumter in April of 1861, refused to surrender to Confederate forces. As a result of this, Rebel artillery fired the first shots at the fort on April 12, 1861. The Confederate General PT Beauregard was commanded to begin the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Houston, who was governor of Texas at the time, opposed the state's decision to secede from the United States and join the Confederate States of America in 1861. He was removed from office on March 16, 1861 because he refused to take a loyalty oath to the Confederacy.
On April 12, 1861, the confederates demanded the surrender of Fort Sumner in SC and began firing when they refused, thereby beginning the Civil War. I do not know what part Jefferson Davis had in making the decision.
it was some of dem war elephants like fo real cuh!