The American Civil War (1861 1865), also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the U.S. federal government (the "Union"), which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states in the north. In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republican victory in that election resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861.

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The American Civil War (1861-1865), also known as the
War
Between the States and several other names, was a
civil war
in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave
states declared their secession from the U.S. and formed
the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy).
Led by
Jefferson Davis, they fought against the U.S. federal
government (the "Union"), which was supported by all the
free states and the five border slave states in the
north.
In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican
Party,
led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against the
expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it
already
existed. The Republican victory in that election
resulted
in seven Southern states declaring their secession
from the
Union even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861.