[GOPcapitalist]

Um...the National Guard didn't even exist when the 16th president (Lincoln) called for volunteers.

They were called state militias back then and they did indeed report to their state's legislatures and governors.

[ought-six]

"They were called state militias back then and they did indeed report to their state's legislatures and governors."

Yes, they did. But they were not the National Guard, and their allegiance, at the end of the day, was to their state, not to the federal government.