(1861-1865) Fought between the North (Union states) and the South (Confederate states). The Confederate states wanted to leave the union. The conflict was triggered by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Lincoln wanted to end slavery and keep the Union together. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. Union military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

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1. (1861-1865) Fought between the North (Union states) and the South (Confederate states). The Confederate states wanted to leave the union. The conflict was triggered by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Lincoln wanted to end slavery and keep the Union together. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. Union military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.