In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias

A. could not be counted on to serve longer than three months.

B. would operate as a drag on the more efficient and experienced United States army.

C. could not wage an effective military campaign.

D. would have to do the bulk of fighting for the Union.

E. would provide all the military manpower the Union would require.


D

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