The seceded states created the Confederate States ... His words were not simply aimed at the loyal southern states, however -- most white northerners were not interested in fighting to free ...

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.

Re “Let the Southern state secede” (Lettters, March 31): Apparently the liberal view is that our president can, by executive action, nationalize health care, banking and energy then execute ...

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.