USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the disastrous defeat at Bull Run, the North began to come to terms with the prospect of a lengthy war to suppress the rebellion. On July 22, 1861, President Lincoln issued a new call for 500, 000 volunteers to serve three-year enlistments.

Detailed explanation-2: -First Battle of Bull Run: Background Following the event, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for volunteers to serve in the army. Lincoln hoped to have the war over within 90 days, especially if the Union army could make a massive strike against the Confederate capital in Richmond, Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -General McClennan would “spend months whipping the Army of the Potomac into shape.” No small task after the defeat they took at the Battle of Bull Run. President Abraham Lincoln, in response to the defeat, called for 75, 000 90-day volunteers “to help put down the rebellion after the Confederate victory.”

Detailed explanation-4: -On April 15, 1861, at the start of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for a 75, 000-man militia to serve for three months following the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter.

Detailed explanation-5: -While most historians point to Fort Sumter as the beginning of the war, some suggest the war didn’t really begin until Lincoln’s call for troops. His action spurred four of the “holdout” states-Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas-to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.