McCooks Journal Entry
Journal Entry November 3, 1861 starting with Lincoln asking 75,000 people to join his army and the first casualties occurring in the city of Baltimore, I'll say that so far this year has been mildly filled with engaging events. For example, near the end of July and a couple miles from our capital of Washington D.C., the confederate and the union had their first major battle of the civil war at Bull Run but sadly the Confederate took victory over us which made me think that t his war might be much more difficult then i thought. Weeks pass and congress decides to create a new act known as the first income tax in our history. This was a great move by congress because this meant that this would fix some of the tax problems we had and this also made it that the government could raise and gain money which I hope they could use to supply their troops so they can defeat the confederacy and bring them back into the Union. Another thing to mention is that this new tax law was heavil...
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