apr 15, 1861 - Lincoln calls for three-moth volunteer troops to suppress rebellion

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after fort sumpter, met with enthusiasm (even douglas)
--some think that war will be short (north thought they had better nums and power, south thought cotton and support from england/britain would allies)
-some thought lincoln needed more than 75,000 men for 3 months (like William Tecumseh Sherman, former army officer, superintendent of a Louisiana military school, rejoined U.S. army)

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