| Battles of the American Civil War by
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| | Confederate soldiers fired upon the
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| Theater, YearLincoln's victory in the
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| | Federal troops stationed at Fort Sumter
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| presidential election of 1860 triggered
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| | in Charleston, South Carolina, until the
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| South Carolina's secession from the
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| | troops surrendered. Lincoln called for
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| Union. By February 1861, six more
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| | all of the states in the Union to send
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| Southern states had seceded. On February
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| | troops to recapture the forts and
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| 7, the seven states adopted a provisional
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| | preserve the Union. Most Northerners
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| constitution for the Confederate States
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| | hoped that a quick victory for the Union
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| of America and established their capital
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| | would crush the nascent rebellion, and so
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| at Montgomery, Alabama. The pre-war
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| | Lincoln only called for volunteers for 90
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| February peace conference of 1861 met in
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| | days. Four states, Tennessee, Arkansas,
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| Washington, as one last attempt to avoid
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| | North Carolina, and-most importantly,
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| war; it failed. The remaining southern
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| | Virginia-which had repeatedly rejected
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| states as yet remained in the Union.
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| | Confederate overtures now decided that
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| Confederate forces seized all but three
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| | they could not send forces against the
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| federal forts within their boundaries
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| | seceding states. They seceded and to
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| (they did not take Fort Sumter);
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| | reward Virginia the Confederate capital
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| President Buchanan made no military
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| | was moved to Richmond, Virginia, a highly
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| response, but governors in Massachusetts,
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| | vulnerable location at the end of the
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| New York and Pennsylvania began secretly
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| | supply line. Even though the Southern
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| buying weapons and training militia units
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| | states had seceded, there was
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| to ready them for immediate action. On
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| | considerable anti-secessionist sentiment
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| March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn
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| | in certain scattered localities in the
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| in. In his inaugural address, he argued
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| | seceding states. Eastern Tennessee, in
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| that the Constitution was a more perfect
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| | particular, was a hotbed for
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| union than the earlier Articles of
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| | pro-Unionism. Winston County, Alabama
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| Confederation and Perpetual Union, that
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| | issued a resolution of secession from the
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| it was a binding contract, and called the
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| | state of Alabama. The Red Strings were a
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| secession "legally void". He stated he
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| | prominent Southern anti-secession group.
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| had no intent to invade southern states,
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| | Winfield Scott, the commanding general of
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| but would use force to maintain
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| | the U.S. Army, devised the Anaconda Plan
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| possession of federal property. His
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| | to win the war with as little bloodshed
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| speech closed with a plea for restoration
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| | as possible. His idea was that a Union
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| of the bonds of union. The South did send
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| | blockade of the seacoast would strangle
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| delegations to Washington and offered to
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| | the rebel economy, then capture of the
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| pay for the federal properties, but they
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| | Mississippi would split the South.
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| were turned down. Lincoln refused to
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| | Lincoln adopted the plan but overruled
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| negotiate with any Confederate agents
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| | Scott's warnings against an immediate
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| because he insisted the Confederacy was
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| | attack on Richmond.
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| not a legitimate government. On April 12,
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