This newspaper extra, published four days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, documents responses from around the country. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, telegraphed a request for troops to Beriah Magoffin, the governor of Kentucky. Magoffin telegraphed his refusal. W.H. Seward provided Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation calling for troops to reclaim forts and vowing to avoid destruction of peaceful citizens. The War Department posted troop quotas from each state for three-month commitments. George Sanders telegraphed a boast of strength and a call for Northern Democrats to resist Black Republican Federal aggression. Jeff Davis sent a taunt, Boston pledged loyalty to the Union, Baltimore reported mobs attacking secessionists, and the Virginia convention in Richmond shared their decision to prohibit the importation of slaves and their discussion about surrendering Fort Sumter.