On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln sent a telegram to Kentucky governor Beriah Magoffin requesting that the Commonwealth supply part of the initial 75,000 troops to put down the rebellion. Magoffin, a Southern sympathizer, replied "President Lincoln, Washington, D.C.
On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln sent a telegram to Kentucky governor Beriah Magoffin requesting that the state provide part of the initial 75,000 troops for suppressing the rebellion. Governor Magoffin, who was sympathetic to the South, responded with a message to President Lincoln in Washington D.C.