He did not actually declare war, because that would have meant recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
He claimed that he was simply putting down a rebellion of certain states.
No. President Lincoln was assassinated after the Civil War was over.
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yes Abraham Lincoln was the leader of the civil war.
5 days after the US Civil War ended, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln was never a general during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln placed blame for the Civil War squarely on the seceded Southern States. He viewed the secession as an act of treason, which justified the start of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union in the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln was president during the US Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the USA at the time of the civil war and as such he would have been Commander in Chief.