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On February 4th, a provisional congress assembles in Montgomery, Alabama, and draws up a constitution by the end of the week; this document is similar to the U.S. Constitution, but with slavery protections and states' rights added in. The plans call for "A Confederacy of the States which have seceded from the Federal Union." A surprised Jefferson Davis learns he has been elected provisional president of the newly-formed [[Confederate States of America]].
On February 4th, a provisional congress assembles in Montgomery, Alabama, and draws up a constitution by the end of the week; this document is similar to the U.S. Constitution, but with slavery protections and states' rights added in. The plans call for "A Confederacy of the States which have seceded from the Federal Union." A surprised Jefferson Davis learns he has been elected provisional president of the newly-formed [[Confederate States of America]].
===Ft. Sumter===
===Fort Sumter===
On the 4th of March, 1861, Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the nation's 16th president. In his address he reiterated his stance, and what he believed the stance of the nation should be, namely non-interference with slavery where it existed, and preventing slavery to spread in the territories, and above all was his stand to preserve the Union. The substance of what he said was conciliatory, but it also mentioned the obvious:
On the 4th of March, 1861, Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the nation's 16th president. In his address he reiterated his stance, and what he believed the stance of the nation should be, namely non-interference with slavery where it existed, and preventing slavery to spread in the territories, and above all was his stand to preserve the Union. The substance of what he said was conciliatory, but it also mentioned the obvious:
The Civil War had begun.
The Civil War had begun.
===Strategic plans===
Northerners rallied behind Lincoln in response to the attack on Fort Sumter, while the new president called for troops to preserve the Union. Believing that the war itself would be small, Lincoln called for 74,000 volunteers to enlist for 90 days. The response to the troop call up was not what Lincoln wanted:
*Virginia seceded April 17.
*Arkansas seceded May 6.
*Tennessee seceded May 7.
*North Carolina seceded May 20.
When Virginia joined the Confederacy, the state was rewarded with a shift of the capitol from Montgomery to Richmond.
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