The South were ferocious. They did not want slavery to end and feared that Abraham Lincoln would end slavery. That is why the Confederate States of America was formed.
Four states of the Upper South joined the Confederacy, and the two sides were fully lined-up.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that southern blacks could fight for the north.
We call South Carolina south Carolina because that its name and its in a south direction.
April 1861 - as a response to Lincoln's call for volunteers in the North immediately after the surrender of Fort Sumter. It was one of the last four states to secede.
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They were trying to copy the USA - a Federation of states with the same kind of Constitution.
The succession of the Upper South states
Four states of the Upper South joined the Confederacy, and the two sides were fully lined-up.
Lincoln's call for volunteers, following the firing on Fort Sumter by Confederate artillery.
In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers from the various states to join the Union army and suppress the rebellion in the southern states. This was in response to the attack on Fort Sumter and the secession of several southern states. The call for volunteers sparked intense patriotic fervor and propelled the United States into the American Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation declared that southern blacks could fight for the north.
Answering the Call Ground Zero's Volunteers - 2005 was released on: USA: 26 August 2005 (Westwood, California) USA: 9 September 2005 (limited)
After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. He requested that each of them serve for three months.
Because it was the nearest thing to a declaration of war on the South. (The Union could not make a formal declaration, because Congress did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.)
Fort Sumter
Immediately the Fort Sumter garrison had to be evacuated. He called for 75,000 volunteers, which prompted four more states to join the Confederates. The war was firmly on.