OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Confederates open fire on the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter, touching off the most horrific conflict in American history.
To Redress Wrongs Already Long Enough Endured
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: President Lincoln issues a proclamation calling on 75,000 volunteers to join their state militias to help force the Confederate states back into the Union. He also calls for a special session of Congress to assemble on July 4 in an effort to unite northern Republicans and Democrats against the Confederacy.
