The secession of Deep South states and the firing at Fort Sumter prompted Abraham Lincoln to call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion and in reaction Jefferson Davis called on volunteers. While the states of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Arkansas, disgusted at the idea of attacking their fellow southerners, seceded while Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky each declared shaky neutrality. While Lincoln and his generals began to organize soldiers and secure Maryland for operations agonist …
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…soon sputtered to an end. In Alabama some 12,000 federal cavalry had raided the state and crushed Forrest's command while Mobile fell. Johnston surrendered to Sherman, while over 40,000 rebels in Alabama and Mississippi put down their muskets. While isolated garrisons surrendered, the last battle, fought in Texas, was a confederate victory. Davis was captured in Georgia trying to get to E.K. Smith's army, which surrendered, in New Orleans on May26th, ending the Civil War.