On the 12th of April, 1861, three days before this report was published, the Confederate States had begun shelling Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. By April 15, the fort had surrendered and been evacuated, and on the same day, President Abraham Lincoln made his first call for soldiers- 75,000 volunteers to serve for 90 days.
Greenfield Gazette and Courier. “Southern and War Items.” April 15, 1861. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-122/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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