The South did not want Lincoln to be the President. At a meeting in the town of Montgomery, Alabama they formed a new government called the Confederate States of America.

The film outlines the early years of the American Civil War, starting with Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the subsequent secession of Southern states. It details the formation of ...

The Southern states wanted to assert their authority ... they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly to war.

MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. The secession of certain states from the United States of America could be a distinct possibility, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev told ...

The Southern states wanted to assert their authority ... they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly to war.