Ꮎ ᏴᏩᏁᎬ Civil ᏓᏄᏩ (1861–1865) ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ sectional ᏂᏓᏙᎳᎬᎾ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ (""ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ"") ᎠᎴ 11 ᎤᎦᎾᏭ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎧᏃᎮᎭ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᏨᎩ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ secession ᎠᎴ ᎪᏢᎯ ᎪᏢᎯ ᎢᎬᏁᎸᎯ ᎯᎠ Confederate ᎧᏃᎮᎭ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ, ᎤᏗᏅᏒᎩ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ Jefferson Davis. ᎯᎠ ""ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ"", ᎤᏗᏅᏒᎩ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ Lincoln ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏴᏜ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᎲ ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏚᎦᏘᎸᏒ ᎤᏚᏃᎯᏍᏔᏍᎧ slavery, rejected ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᎫ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ secession. ᏓᎾᎵᎲ ᎤᎴᏅᎲ 12 ᎫᏬᏂ, 1861 ᎯᎳᎪ ᎢᏳ Confederate ᎠᏂᏌᏙᏯᏍᎩ attacked ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏗᏐᏴ ᎾᎾᎢ ᎯᎠ ᏓᎾᏟᎲ ᏗᏐᏴ Sumter.