36. Lincoln Started The Civil War To Save The Union And Not End Slavery
While many states of rebellion, also known as the Confederate States, left the Union because they felt Abraham Lincoln wanted to end slavery, Lincoln did not. Before he became president and immediately after, Lincoln stated that he had no right to free slaves as the President of the United States. He did not agree with the institution of slavery but did not feel he could free slaves. For Lincoln, the Civil War started because he wanted to save the union. Lincoln did not officially bring slavery into the Civil War until the Emancipation Proclamation.