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He did not technically declare war at all, because he did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. (This is why there was never a Peace Treaty at the end either.)

The North mobilised in defence of the Union, and to regain the cotton revenues.

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Q: Why did Lincoln feel forced to declare war on the southern states?
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