After Lincoln’s election as president seven southern states seceded from the Union forming the Confederate States of America.
Category - Civil War
The Confederate States of America
The announcement of Lincoln’s election as president was the final injury against the South.
Commanding the Union in the Civil War
Lincoln personally selected commanders based on their military expertise instead of their political alliance. He did the same for policy making, promoting Union instead of Disunion. He tried to build consensus between Republicans and Democrats.
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation on grounds of military policy not on principle It was Benjamin Franklin in 1790 who first addressed Congress in his famous “Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery” to provide the means to abolish...
Conscription
This new act replaced the previous Militia Act of 1862. It called for all males between the ages of 20 to 45 for service instead of assigning quotas to each state.
Reconstruction
Reconstruction started by asserting power in Confederate lands by setting appointed military governors and replacing existing Confederate governments.