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Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer, legislator and opponent of slavery, was elected president in November 1860âbut by the time of his inauguration in March 1861, seven Southern states had seceded, and the Civil War began a few weeks later.
Lincoln was the deciding factor in the war, through his drive and brilliance and his unshaking devotion to the Constitution and the country. With Lincoln as president then there is no way the Confederacy could have won. Had Lincoln been running the show in Richmond then there is no way the Confederacy could have lost.