General Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis was ran unopposed and was elected to lead the Confederate States of America in 1861. He was the only 'President' of the South.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. ______________ But he did not lead the south into the Civil War he led them DURING the civil war.
General Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee lead the army, Jefferson Davis led the Confederate states as their president.
President Ulysses Grant, he was also the general of the union army during the Civil War President Dwight Eisenhower, he was the general who lead the United States in WWII. President Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.
The American Civil War (1861-1865) itself did not lead to confederation; rather, it was a conflict between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy) over issues such as slavery and states' rights. The Southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, which was an attempt at a confederation of independent states. Ultimately, the Union's victory restored national unity and led to the abolition of slavery, but the Confederacy's existence was a direct consequence of the war, rather than a result of confederation.
The president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, opposed the secession of the lower South from the Union and maintained that the US government would enforce the collection of tariffs on imported goods even in the seceded states. The original seceded states, which formed the Confederate States of America, opposed Lincoln's attempt to land US troops at several forts in those states which resulted in war and the secession of four more states.
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Robert E Lee declined the offer of Union forces because he was originally from Virginia, and they had joined the Confederacy. He felt that it was not loyal to fight for the Union, when his own state was part of the Confederate States of America.
Lincoln never lead the US to war, it was the Confederacy that made the first shot that trigger the war, so the question should be "Why did President Jefferson Davis lead the Confederacy to war?" If the Confederate States of America would have not declare war with the Union, they would be a county to this very day, Lincoln never had tension to go to war with the south at all.