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Initially, the Union fought to retain the Confederate states, which wished to secede. The abolition of slavery was only a secondary concern. During the later years of the war it became a more apparent objective. This was not so much for humanitarian reasons, but because the abolition of slavery would disrupt the economy of the South and lead to its capitulation. The abolition of slavery would also invalidate the South's main reason for fighting the war--slavery was a key aspect of the Southern economy and class system at that time, and the slaveowning planters were concerned with Abraham Lincoln's rise to the presidency that they were not adequately represented in the Union as it existed. Outright abolitionists, especially in New England, were a significant minority but by no means a dominant force.

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Essentially, the Civil war was a fight for the preservation vs. dissolution of the Union. A group of Southern states formed the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) and officially seceded from the United States of America. The remaining states of the U.S.A. fought against these states to keep the Union intact. After several years of bloody battles, the U.S.A. won and the economy and social structure of the former C.S.A. was reorganized.

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The Union was fighting for the South (Confederacy) to come back from seceding and they were fighting to abolish slavery and keep the USA together as one country. Hope I helped!

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At the beginning of the Civil War, Union soldiers fought to preserve the Union. Later on, they fought to abolish slavery.

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