The website says that your rank will be saved . I ' m guessing we ' re going to get profile pages so people will be able to see your acheivements . <| sep |> The secession was about slavery , the war was about the North ' s refusal to recognize the South as a sovereign entity . President Buchanan had recognized secession as a legal right of the states , President Lincoln disagreed . While Buchanan had no problem with surrendering federal property held in the Confederate States , Lincoln was very vocal about using force to reclaim it . Lincoln even refused payment for the properties and a peace treaty sent by the CSA . The result was that even more states seceded and joined the Confederacy . Which is why fighting didn ' t break out until the North refused to remove federal troops from Southern territory . So yeah , secession due to slavery , war not so much . Edit Not sure why historical facts are being downvoted . If you feel I stated something incorrect , you ' re free to counter .