He had virtually no troops.
In any case, it would have meant declaring war on the Confederacy, which he did not recognise as a sovereign nation.
The biggest reason is that Abraham Lincoln was against slavery, and the confederate states were for it.
I would say Abraham Lincoln. Even before he took office, states started seceding from the union. Then war broke out and he spent his first term ending the war. The war finally ended and he was assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln's primary concern with respect to the southern states when he took office as President was conserving the union.
The only reason the South seceded was because Lincoln, who was not a Democrat, took office. If they had been reasonable, they could have given him a trial run before seceding. He did not initially intend to free the slaves but only to stop the spread of slavery.
Lincoln made, during his inauguration speech, no commitment of military action against the south. By the time he took office seven states had left the union under the idea a Republican in office would threaten their rights. What Lincoln did do was extend an olive branch in the hopes the southern states would see the error of their ways.
Lincoln earned good money in the law office
Lincoln was assassinated while still in office. He was watching a play at Ford's Theatre.
President Lincoln in dealing with dissent affect the office of the president?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States had touched off the series of secessions. By the time Lincoln took office four months later, the seceding states had taken possession of most of the forts and other public property of the United States lying within their borders. In Charleston Harbor, however, Fort Sumter still garrisoned United States…
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while he was in office.
Edwin M. Stanton was the Secretary of War under Lincoln that Johnson removed from office.
Yes.