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April 15, 1861: President Lincoln Calls Congress into Emergency Session

April 15, 1861: President Lincoln Calls Congress into Emergency Session
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American Memory Project
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credit: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916. Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 15, 1861 (Proclamation on State Militia), Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division (Washington DC: American Memory Project, 2000-02), accessed 06-30-2011.