VOLUNTEERS
\vˌɒləntˈi͡əz], \vˌɒləntˈiəz], \v_ˌɒ_l_ə_n_t_ˈiə_z]\
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On April 15, 1861, after the news of the firing upon Fort Sumter reached Washington, President Lincoln promptly called for 75,000 volunteers. The Northern States eagerly responded. April 19, a Massachusetts regiment, en route to Washington, was attacked by a Baltimore mob. Jefferson Davis also called for volunteers, and the Southern States obeyed his call with alacrity. Later in 1861 Congress provided for the calling out of 500,000 volunteers, and throughout the war they continued a chief variety of fighting material.
By John Franklin Jameson
