There are a host of factors that can be said to have caused the Civil War among them being the refusal of the union at fort Sumter to surrender after an order to do so had been issued by Brigadier General Beauregard, infringement of civil liberties, the formation of own government by the southerners and the Lincoln inauguration speech. The cessation acts by the southerners led to apprehension within the country and the states1.
The Lincolns speech was taken as not seriously considering the southerners and the later felt that Lincoln could not articulate comprehensively the issues regarding their civil ...
