The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...
More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak ... A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government ...
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states ... troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun.