He became president of the USA, the country was in the middle of a civil war, but they were still one country.
During the civil war the vice president was Andrew Johnson. Then after President Lincoln was assassinated Johnson became president.
U.S. Grant.
Lincoln was President. Nevada became a state in 1864, during the Civil War.
The only president from Indiana was Benjamin Harrison who led union troops during the Civil War but surely did not lead the nation. He became president several years after the Civil War ended, The president during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln who did live in Indiana as a boy but was living in Illinois when he got into politics and became nationally known,
General Grant became president.
Jefferson Davis became the president of the confederate states during the civil war.
Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war.
in 1861, Hannibal Hamlin became VICE PRESIDENT for PRESIDENT Abraham Lincoln.
Ulysses Grant became famous from the Civil War and was later elected President for two terms.
Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war.
Abraham Lihcoln was the president during the US civil war.