It ended the last hope of Confederate victory or negotiated peace. The election result meant that the North was voting to fight on. After this, the Confederates could do no more than resist surrender until the last moment, just because this was the Confederate thing to do. (Some would call it downright irresponsible.)
The re-election of Ab. Lincoln put shame into the southerner's hearts. Also, the southerners knew that the war was over because of this event. After this, General Lee was surrounded and eventually surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. Causing the war to be over, a Union victory.
It destroyed Confederate hope for negotiated peace.
The state of South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others before Lincoln's inauguration.
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Abraham Lincolns reputation was an honest man though the south succeeded from the union because of his election to form the Confederate states of America
As soon as the result was in, South Carolina seceded from the United States.
The disaffected southern states began talking about succession, and South Carolina seceded in December, a mere month after Lincoln's election, before he was even inaugurated.
Four days after Lincoln's election, South Carolina called for a special convention to consider secession.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
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The election of Abraham Lincoln
One by one, the seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States on America.
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