issues proclamation calling for volunteers for three months, 252, 253;
his purpose, 253;
expects Northerners to equal Southerners as fighters, 253, 254;
calls Congress for special session, 254;
wishes to gain Kentucky, 254, 255;
dreads effect of Baltimore riot on Border States, 258;
offers to send troops around Baltimore, 259;
soothes Maryland, 260;
cut off from North for a week, 261;
tries in vain to prevent Virginia from seceding, 263;