10-day forecast. 1  Weather News. 2  Dangerous surf will threaten some beachgoers this weekend AccuWeather. 3  Big Sur usually canât keep people away.  Several states at risk of hail, floods during stormy Easter weekend AccuWeather.
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer, legislator and opponent of slavery, was elected president in November 1860âbut by the time of his inauguration in March 1861, seven Southern states had seceded, and the Civil War began a few weeks later.
The president of the US during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln. For most of the war it was Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), who proclaimed that the conflict was ultimately intended to preserve the Union of the United States. Actual hostilities began a month after his inauguration, on April 12, 1861.