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;