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He didn't. It would have meant recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
The first shots were fired by the Confederates, claiming that they were defending their own territory.
Lincoln appealed for volunteer troops to put down a rebellion, in other words, defending his own territory too. That is why there was no peace treaty at the end, only an armistice. Some Southerners declare that the war is not over yet!
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