This caused Virginia to become a confederate state and fight with the south in the Civil war.
President Lincoln sent in troops from the North to help the southern troops stuck at the fort.
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.
In planes.
Virginia seceded almost immediately after Lincoln's call for troops.
US President Lincoln believed that General George B. McClellan could have easily supported and reinforced Pope's Army of Virginia. Lincoln and members of his cabinet believed that McClellan was trying to purposely allow Pope's troops to face a defeat.
Following US President Lincoln's call for 75, 000 new troops after the surrender of Fort Sumter, the following Southern States seceded from the Union. They were Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.
The day after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to help suppress the rebellion. Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the Confederate States of America rather than sending troops into neighboring South Carolina.
Kentucky
Eisenhower believed in sending troops, Kennedy did not.
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.
Abraham Lincoln.