Lincoln's Seceded After The Election Of 1860

During the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln’s election had been seen as threat to the South because majority of the states had wanted to keep their institutions of slavery. South Carolina and 6 other states had first seceded from the Union in 1861 since they did not come to terms with Lincoln being president. Four more states had seceded following the Fort Sumter battle in 1861, joining the Confederacy. Although they had left, there had been four states that had remained in the Union which were known as the Border States. These states were cery important to the Union since they provided many benefits such as the Ohio River to the Union. Their population of whites was also more than half of the Confederates. Thus, making Lincoln do actions