The fighting between the Union and the Confederacy in 1861 was triggered by the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861. This assault followed the secession of several Southern states from the Union, driven largely by disputes over slavery and states' rights. The Union's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of the Confederacy and its attempts to maintain federal authority over the seceded states escalated tensions, leading to the outbreak of armed conflict. The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official start of the Civil War.
Lincoln's rejection of the final (Crittenden) compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
Slavery. Both the union and confederates were arguing about if slavery should be in the mexican secession or not. Then when lincoln was elected to president, all southern states seceded
South or The Confederacy and the North or The Union
All of the states at that time either stayed in the Union or joined the Confederacy. Geographically. Geographically, there were no states in between the two nations. The Border States is the term given to the slave states that chose to stay in the Union. They included Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia. (West Virginia succeeded from Virginia after Virginia succeeded from the Union in order to avoid fighting for the Confederacy.) They were all near the border of the Confederacy. They knew that whichever side they chose, there would likely be fighting on their territory.
The newly-elected Lincoln's rejection of the final compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
the union has more factories and bigger population than the confederacy.
The Union. He promoted the end of slavery and the uniting of the United States. That is what the Union was fighting for.
The war between the Union and the Confederacy, known as the American Civil War, was triggered by the attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861. This event followed the secession of several Southern states from the Union, driven by issues such as states' rights and slavery. The Confederate forces fired upon the federal fort, marking the beginning of armed conflict and leading to the full-scale war between the North and South.
The Union began having battlefield successes against the Confederacy. Major Union victories at Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg led Union leaders to believe that the Confederacy would soon have to surrender.
The newly-elected Lincoln's rejection of the final compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
At Ft. Sumter, Confederates surrounded Union ships. Union was low on supplies, so Lincoln sent a supply ship. Confederates opened fire. 33 hours later, Union armies surrendered. Confederate's victory, and the Civil War began.
Defeating the Confederacy, and restoring the integrity of the United States.