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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.
As stated, the Civil War didn't begin until April 12, 1861 when Fort Sumter was fired upon. By this time Buchanan was no longer President and Lincoln was. But the question of who was president at the beginnig of the Civil War can not be simply answered by saying Abraham Lincoln. One has to remember that the country had been divided into two nations by April 12th.