There were 34 States in the Union when the Civil War began.
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At the start of American Civil War in 1861 the population of Union states were 5 times more than Confederate states. Union states' population was 23 millions against 5 millions of Confederate states.
At the start of the Civil War, Winfield Scott was the Commanding General of the Union Army.
the shooting at fort Sumter started the civil war and the confedarate fired at the union
Lincoln said that he acted to preserve the Union. Although he later decided to free the slaves in the South, it was not his stated motive for seeking to disband the Confederacy.Restore the Union.
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
Ulysses S. Grant (northern / union general)The southern states = Confederacy northern states = Union
The Confederate states seceded from the Union and fired the first shots.
The attempt to supply Fort Sumter by Union ships.
They seceded from the Union and set up an independent federation of States: the Confederacy.
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The South (confederacy)'s goal at the start of the civil war was actually not much, other than to secede from the United States. They didn't technically want to start a war, but the North (union) decided that they didn't want the South seceding and therefore declared "war". The south wanted to secede because the Union, aka the United States before the war, had passed anti-slavery laws and the South wanted to keep them.
Several things contributed to the start of the War Between the States. The most immediate cause was the South firing on Fort Sumter. The next direct cause was the secession of the southern states from the Union.
At the start of the Civil War, the Union, which was made up of the Northern states, had a population of 22 million free people. The population of the South at the start of the war was 9 million.
The civil war didn't start until April 12, 1861 so your question asks about BEFORE the war. The election of Lincoln helped push the southern states to leave the union.
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Ulysses S. Grant was a Union General in the Civil War and was elected President of the United States.
At the start of American Civil War in 1861 the population of Union states were 5 times more than Confederate states. Union states' population was 23 millions against 5 millions of Confederate states.