1861

"On April 12, 1861, Southern troops attacked Fort Sumte, a federal fort in South Carolina. Lincoln knew he had no choice now. The North had to fight the South to bring it back into the Union."

"I hold that the Union of these states is perpetual. No state can lawfully get out of the Union."

"Families were torn apart, as husbands, fathers and sons went off to war, many never to return."