Because they had broken away from the USA, to form a separate nation.
The flashpoint came at Fort Sumter, a US Army garrison on an island in Charleston harbour, which was fired-on by Confederates and evacuated.
Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers, and the war was on.
The Confederates were the Southern states in the Civil War.
The Confederates were against slavery in the civil war. They did not want it.
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He was the South's ( Confederates ) General . He lead the confederates during the Civil War .
The Northern States ;)
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About 250,000 Confederates fought in the Civil War
the union won the civil war !
who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?
The USA won the war.