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1817—1884

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1821—1894

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1805—1879

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1833—1908

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1821—1877

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1820—1902

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1822—1905

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Lawmaking/Litigating	The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond	02/13/1861—05/01/1861
Campaigns/Elections	In Philadelphia, angry crowds threaten the offices of the city's southern-based newspaper	04/15/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	President Abraham Lincoln calls a special early session of the new 37th Congress	04/15/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	President Lincoln calls for 75,000 troops to suppress the Rebellion and enforce United States law	04/15/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	Secretary of War Cameron outlines his quotas of volunteers to state governors	04/15/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	The governor of North Carolina sends an immediate refusal to provide troops for the Union	04/15/1861


Diary	Entry by Catherine Edmondston, April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Diary	Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Diary	Entry by Josie Underwood, April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Executive record	Abraham Lincoln, Presidential Proclamation, April 15, 1861, Washington , DC	04/15/1861
Executive record	Proclamation by Mayor Fernando Wood of New York City, April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Letter	Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Letter	Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Quick, Sharp, and Decisive,” April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Newspaper	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Dread Arbitrament of War,” April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Newspaper	New Orleans (LA) Picayune, “Lincoln’s War Talk,” April 15, 1861	04/15/1861
Newspaper	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Retaliation,” April 15, 1861	04/15/1861