- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
Passports The first passports in American history were required in 1861 during the war. Security fears led to a ban on anyone leaving or entering the Union states without a passport.
From The Language of the Civil War by John D. Wright page 224.
From The Language of the Civil War by John D. Wright page 224.