Certain states, mostly in the south, felt like they were getting a bad deal and after years of trying to better themselves with politics, decited that they would never get it done that way, decited to just withdraw from the union and form their own goverment.
Maryland was with them at first but before they could really get officialy seceeded the federals came into that state, hang some people for simply speaking against the union, and prevented their secession.
There were people around who were actively opposing slavery, John Brown for one. he was being paid by nothern powers to stir up the slaves. Three years befor the war begin he was hung, Robert E Lee, and J.E.B.Stuart, who were officers in the union army at that time, were leading the soldiers who captured John Brown, this was in no way connected to the war, the war was yet three years in the future.
Just as we did England when we pulled away from them in 1776, the southern states drew up a constitution of their own, explained to washington what they were doing, started printing their own money. They asked Washington to please remove their soldiers from their country.
Washington said that they would remove them as soon as they could make the arrangments. Under cover of night Washington move their troops into Fort Sumptor, off the shores of South Carolina, which was still Carolina's territory'
Ships were being sent to supply Sumpter, and Lincoln was calling up thousands of new recruits to attack the new formed country.
The South fired upon Sumpter for three days. The only man to die in that battle was a union man at sumpter who blew himself up accidently. But the war was on.
No one said, "free your slaves". No one said, "no I will not".
It was not about slavery, it was about wanting a better goverment.
The war lasted for four years and freedom lost, The U.S A, was even worse than befor, rights that were at first considered valid, were no longer valid.
The goverment of the U.S.of A, now knew that it could treat the people any way they wished and get by with it.
