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Lincoln's historic Proclamation responding to the beginning of the Civil War...

Item # 688724

April 17, 1861

WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 17, 1861

* Beginning of the American Civil War
* President Abraham Lincoln proclamation

Although the title would suggest mostly religious content, there is also much reporting on the on-going Civil War.
From the beginning weeks of the Civil War, items include: "Virginia Versus Slavery" "The Day of Trial" which begins: "Civil war has been fairly inaugurated. One portion of the country has arrayed itself in deadly conflict against the other...".
Also: "Civil War Begun" which is very fine reporting on the beginning of the war, one bit noting: "...at 4o'clock in the morning of Friday, March 12th, Fort Moultrie began the bombardment with two guns...The firing continued from the floating, Stevens' & other batteries..." and then a letter from Charleston: "The negotiations were completed last night. Maj. Anderson's command will evacuate in the morning..." with more.
This report also includes the notable Proclamation signed in type: Abraham Lincoln, in which he calls out the military because: "...the laws of the U.S. have been, and are now opposed in several States, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way...".
Eight pages, some light staining, good condition.

history notes: In April 1861, after Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued his first wartime proclamation, calling for 75,000 state militia volunteers to put down what he termed an insurrection against the United States. He emphasized that the Union was under attack, declared that federal laws would be upheld in the seceded states, and summoned Congress to meet in special session on July 4. A few days later, Lincoln also proclaimed a blockade of Southern ports to cut off Confederate trade and supplies. These actions formally launched the Civil War, rallied Northern states to the Union cause, and, in turn, pushed Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas to secede, transforming the conflict into a full-scale national struggle.