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Auburn Daily Democrat Extra re: Fort Sumter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07408 Author/Creator: Place Written: Auburn, New York Type: Broadside Date: 1861/04/15 Pagination: 1 sheet 23.6 x 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Presidential Proclamation calling for 75,000 Militia to put down secession and reclaim "forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union."

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