“Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defence of our rights or those of our southern brethren.”
Governor Jackson, of Missouri, replied:
“Your requisition is illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary, inhuman, diabolical, and cannot be complied with.”
Governor Rector, of Arkansas, replied, April 22:
“None will be furnished. The demand is only adding insult to injury.”
ALL OTHER CALLS FOR TROOPS.
May 3, 1861—The President called for thirty-nine volunteer regiments of infantry and one regiment of cavalry, with a minimum aggregate of 34,506 officers and enlisted men, and a maximum of 42,034; and for the enlistment of 18,000 seamen.
May 3, 1861—The President directed an increase of the regular army by eight regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and one of artillery—minimum aggregate, 18,054; maximum, 22,714.
August 6—Congress legalized this increase, and all the acts, orders, and proclamations respecting the Army and Navy.
July 22 and 25, 1861—Congress authorized the enlistment of 500,000 volunteers.