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====American Civil War==== | ====American Civil War==== | ||
{{Further|American Civil War}} | {{Further|American Civil War}} | ||
In April 1861, following the [[Confederate States Army]] bombing of [[Fort Sumter]] in the [[Battle of Fort Sumter]] and the [[Union Army]]'s subsequent surrender of the fort, the American Civil War was launched, and [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861|Virginia promptly seceded from the Union]]. On April 15, realizing that Fort Sumter's fall left the national capital of [[Washington, D.C.]] highly vulnerable to Confederate attack and occupation, [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]] [[President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers|called for 75,000 volunteers]] from around the | In April 1861, following the [[Confederate States Army]] bombing of [[Fort Sumter]] in the [[Battle of Fort Sumter]] and the [[Union Army]]'s subsequent surrender of the fort, the American Civil War was launched, and [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861|Virginia promptly seceded from the Union]]. On April 15, realizing that Fort Sumter's fall left the national capital of [[Washington, D.C.]] highly vulnerable to Confederate attack and occupation, [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]] [[President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers|called for 75,000 volunteers]] from around the Union to help defend it. | ||
Five days after Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to defend the national capital, on April 20, [[Robert E. Lee]], embracing the cause of Virginia's separation from the | Five days after Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to defend the national capital, on April 20, [[Robert E. Lee]], embracing the cause of Virginia's separation from the Union, resigned his [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] commission to lead Virginia's separatist armed forces; the following year, on June 1, 1862, Lee was appointed commander of the [[Army of Northern Virginia]], the Confederate Army's primary military force.{{sfn|Warner|1959|p=181}} | ||
When the Civil War commenced, American military personnel who died in battle near [[Washington, D.C.]], were buried at the [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery|United States Soldiers' Cemetery]] in Washington, D.C., or [[Alexandria National Cemetery (Virginia)|Alexandria Cemetery]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]]. By late 1863, however, both cemeteries were nearly full.{{sfn|Hanna|2001|p=84}} | When the Civil War commenced, American military personnel who died in battle near [[Washington, D.C.]], were buried at the [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery|United States Soldiers' Cemetery]] in Washington, D.C., or [[Alexandria National Cemetery (Virginia)|Alexandria Cemetery]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]]. By late 1863, however, both cemeteries were nearly full.{{sfn|Hanna|2001|p=84}} | ||