In this installment of weekly Civil War timelines Federal forces leave Fort Sumter and head north. The Confederacy authorizes the first military draft in American history. Virginia secedes on the pretext of Lincoln calling for troops. Robert E. Lee is offered the command of the U.S. Army but famously turns it down in favor of pinning his hopes on Virginia.
On the international front disagreements erupt in the Italian Parliament, ironically, over the reasons and goals of unification.
