Lincoln's Call for Troops

One day after the surrender of Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to invade the South.  The South had offered a peace treaty to prevent war, but Lincoln had refused.   By sending ships to reinforce the garrison, he forced the South to fire upon Sumter .

Now Lincoln had what he wanted... an excuse to invade the South.

At first, many Northern states refused to send troops; but Lincoln assured them that it would all be over in a few short weeks.

Lincoln's call for troops to invade the South pushed the remaining Southern states to secede.  Four more states, including Virginia, now voted to join the Confederacy; and Mr. Lincoln's War turned into four long years of death and destruction on America.

The Republic was dead and a new federal empire stood in its place with Lincoln on its throne.