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Actually, it was the South who declared war on the North when it shelled Ft. Sumner in 1861. For Lincoln it came down to keeping the union together and in the South it was a states right issue. They felt they had the right to determine the issue of slavery. Today the argument is the same, but the issue is abortion instead of slavery.
The Civil War.
The Civil War was fought between February 9, 1861 through April 9 1865.
The Confederate States of America were the southern states (Grey). States in the North, as well as California, were part of the Union or United States of America (Blue).
After Presidential Election of November 6, 1860, the following Southern States seceded from the Union, on the following dates: South Carolina, December 20, 1860. Mississippi on January 9, 1861 Florida on January 10, 1861 Alabama on January 11, 1861 Georgia on January 19, 1861 Louisiana on January 26, 1861 Texas on February 1, 1861 After President Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, the following remaining Southern States seceded from the Union, on the following dates: Virginia on April 17, 1861 Arkansas on May 6,1861 North Carolina on May 20, 1861 Tennessee on June 11, 1861
1861 - 1865
Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland would have been considered upper south states in 1861.
1861-1865
Because the north and the south wanted differnt things south wanted slavery, but the north wanted freedom.
1861-1865 (4 years)
The differences in the North and South over slavery lead to the Civil War (1861 - 1865) which the North won, the country was united and slavery came to an end.
It was during 1861, 62, and 63.
The American Civil War (or the War Between the States) - 1861-1865
The American Civil War (or the War Between the States) - 1861-1865
this was calleds the Civil War, a conflict between the North and the South.
South, fourth on the seniority list of full generals (four stars) from August 1861.
85% of the national budget was financed by taxing the export of agricultural products, primarily cotton, grown in the south.