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Pennsylvania First Defenders
The Pennsylvania First Defenders were five volunteer troops from Pennsylvania which responded to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s call to defend the Washington D.C. Capitol at the start of the American Civil War. The First Defenders consisted of the National Light Infantry of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the Washington Artillerists of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the Ringgold Light Artillery of Reading, Pennsylvania, the Logan Guards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania and the Allen Infantry of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
==History==
After the Confederate States opened fire on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation on April 15, calling 75,000 militia to defend the Washington D.C. Capitol against a Confederate attack.
The first volunteer troops reached Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1861 at 6:00pm. These first troops were the Pennsylvania First Defenders and consisted of 476 officers and men. The troops were quartered in hallways and committee rooms of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. At 9:00pm that evening, the troops were brought into the basement of the Capitol where they were distributed government arms and ammunition. President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of State, William H. Seward, and the Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, were present as the arms were being distributed. During this time, President Lincoln proceeded down the line to shake hands with every member of the companies.〔Thompson 1910, p. 15.〕
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