Louisville, Kentucky, in the American Civil War Douglas received 2,633 votes. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union, and ten other Southern states followed. Kentucky, however, remained in the Union. On April 12, 1861, Confederate Brigadier General Pierre G. T. Beauregard ordered the firing on Fort Sumter, located in the Charleston, South Carolina harbor, thus starting the Civil War. At the time of the Battle of Fort Sumter, the fort's commander was Union Major Robert Anderson of Louisville. After the attack on Fort Sumter, President of the United States Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. Kentucky Governor Beriah Magoffin refused to send any men
History of the Office of The Inspector General of the United States Army of colonels of cavalry. Parker's position was eliminated. During the Mexican–American War, the inspector general served as second in command of the army. From 1821 to 1861, the position went relatively unchanged. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, all inspectors had retired or defected to the Confederate States of America. In 1861, new inspectors were appointed, but they largely did what their superiors requested. There were many informally appointed inspectors. By late 1862, "Nearly 1,400 other officers were on orders at one time or another to perform various types of inspection duties." In January 1863, Delos Bennett Sackett