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In 1861, South Carolina (as well as many other southern states) felt that their sovereign rights as states were being infringed upon by the federal government. After many years of debating without solutions, South Carolina (along with several other states) decided it no longer wanted to belong to the union, and formed a confederated country with the other seceding states. The federal government saw this as a challenge to it's authority, and partook in a 5 year war that cost the lives of almost a million people in order to reconquer confederate land and reestablish it's supremacy.

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