Because Lincoln did not recognise the Confederacy, and declared that he would defend his small garrison at Fort Sumter.
The seven states of the deep south seceded while Buchanan was still President, before Lincoln was sworn in. These were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
When South Carolina seceded, Buchanan was still in the chair, and Lincoln was President-elect.
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The elections of 1860 dawned an era of civil rights. Abraham Lincoln was elected. Lincoln actually hated slavery and this caused the South to secede and start the Civil War. Lincoln stated in his inaugural address that where slavery existed it could still exist but he would not allow it to spread everywhere. South Carolina was the first to secede in 1860, other states seceded later. The states claimed they had no choice but to leave and Lincoln wasn't having that and said he would fight to keep the states together.
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The seven states of the deep south seceded while Buchanan was still President, before Lincoln was sworn in. These were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Abraham Lincoln (Correction) No, it was still Buchanan. South Carolina seceded immediately they heard that Lincoln had won the election. But he was not inaugurated until March.
When South Carolina seceded, Buchanan was still in the chair, and Lincoln was President-elect.
Buchanan was still in the chair when South Carolina seceded. But Lincoln had been inaugurated by the time the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter.
Is Columbia still part of south Carolina
No, they were known as the Confederate Union. They had a whole different flag as well.
South Carolina and North Carolina have never been at war, they are part of the same country.
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Your question needs to be more direct. Please state the decade or Century. What are you referring to as 'south Carolina times?'--SC still exists so all times are south Carolina times.
AnswerJames Buchanan was at then end of his presidency when South Carolina originally succeeded from the Union. He deemed it unconstitutional to let them go, but also unconstitutional to fight to keep them. The reason South Carolina succeeded was because Lincoln had won the presidency, but he had not yet been sworn in.
Apart from Lincoln, there was: The outgoing President Buchanan, still in office when South Carolina seceded, but not when the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter. Vice-President Andrew Johnson, who was sworn in as President after Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, but before Joe Johnston had surrendered at Bentonville.