An Act of "enrolling and calling out the National forces" was signed into law on March 3, 1863 by President Aberham Lincoln. This was the first act of the Federal Government, called for all men between the ages of 18 and 45 to be enrolled into the militia units and be avaibale to be called into national service.
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The Confederacy passed an Enrollment Act on April 16, 1862, while the Union did not pass such an act until March 3, 1863. Both laws were unpopular and sparked violence in the North and South alike.
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Minnesota was a Union State during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States, or Union, during the US Civil War.
There were 34 States in the Union when the Civil War began.
In the civil war, the North was called the Union.