Abraham Lincoln was elected in November 1860, and inaugurated in March 1861. The bombardment of Fort Sumter occurred April 12, 1861.
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First, they hoped that Britain and France would grant them recognition and send military aid. When Lincoln forestalled this by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, (making the war look like a crusade against slavery), they hoped that the North would simply become war-weary and vote Lincoln out in the '64 election.
The opening battle of the American Civil War occurred at Fort Sumter on April 2, 1861. Fort Sumter is located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. See more at the link(s) provided below:
Abraham Lincoln's balls dropped
Allowing so many delays to happen that some of Lincoln's cabinet were starting to doubt his loyalty to the cause.
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