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When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln. Surrender cermony at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor.
Established a naval blockade around the Southern states
April 1861 - as a response to Lincoln's call for volunteers in the North immediately after the surrender of Fort Sumter. It was one of the last four states to secede.
When Fort Sumter was attacked in the Charleston harbor, Lincoln called for volunteers to put down the rebellion. The attack galvanized the Northern States to support Lincoln in his attempt to keep the Federal Union in tact. Soon after he began to plan for what most people thought would be a short war.