10-day forecast. 1  Weather News. 2  Dangerous surf will threaten some beachgoers this weekend AccuWeather. 3  Big Sur usually canât keep people away.  Several states at risk of hail, floods during stormy Easter weekend AccuWeather.
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.
Anyway, as you know, during the Civil War, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He hadnât changed his position about the underlying constitutional issue, but he justified the proclamation as a war measure, necessary to weaken the Confederacyâs ability to continue the war.