Lincoln couldn't declare war, because that would mean recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
But he responded to the firing on Fort Sumter by calling for new volunteer-troops - which was the equivalent.
Nothing much happened for a few weeks. A small Union victory in Western Virginia was blown up by the press into a major triumph, and Congress started to demand a big march on Richmond.
In July, the luckless General McDowell had to lead the advance into Virginia, knowing that his army was not ready for operations. The Confederates won the ensuing battle, but were not able to pursue and destroy the Union army.
It would be another seven months before anything significant happened, and that would be in the West.
Lincoln couldn't declare war, because that would mean recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
But he responded to the firing on Fort Sumter by calling for new volunteer-troops - which was the equivalent.
Nothing much happened for a few weeks. A small Union victory in Western Virginia was blown up by the press into a major triumph, and Congress started to demand a big march on Richmond.
In July, the luckless General McDowell had to lead the advance into Virginia, knowing that his army was not ready for operations. The Confederates won the ensuing battle, but were not able to pursue and destroy the Union army.
It would be another seven months before anything significant happened, and that would be in the West.
it leaves the union
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There were 11 southern states that seceded from the Union. This took place at the beginning of the Civil War, and these states were called the Confederate States of America.
James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
readmission into the union was when all the southern states that seceded came back and rejoined America
it leaves the union
seceded from the union
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Eleven
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to retain there independance
Yes.
they seceded from the union
They were called the Confederation.
Southern states seceded from the Union
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.