Many American men did answer the president's call to arms, of course. After the Siege of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve in Union militias for three-month ...

Object Details author Konstam, Angus Notes "700 key weapons, uniforms, and insignia"--Cover. Date 2015 19th century Civil War, 1861-1865 Type Pictorial works History Physical description 160 pages : ...

A Civil War Union Army Officer, Buckley was commissioned as captain and commander of Company G, 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 22, 1861 at age 56. On May 29, 1861, he was promoted to major ...