On 11-06-1860 Lincoln was elected president.
On December 20 1860, just a month later, South Carolina secedes.
Then on April 12, 1861 the first shot of the civil war was fired at Fort Sumter as the southern states were in rebellion against unfair taxation.
Then finally, on Sept 22, 1862 as as afterthought to further justify his war against the south, Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation nearly two years after South Carolina had seceded and over a year and half after the war between the states had begun.
Now you can begin to search for the truth.
On December 20 1860, just a month later, South Carolina secedes.
Would you care to guess how many popular votes Lincoln got in the South? Not electoral votes (he got none of those of course) but popular votes. How many people (individuals) voted for Lincoln in the states that seceeded?
Actually the first shots were fired at least as early as January 9, 1861 at a ship, the Star of the West, bringing military supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Though Lincoln was President-elect, Buchannan was still the sitting President at the time of this incident.
It is interesting to me that the events on April 12 are generally considered to be the start of the war, but obviously the Star of the West incident occurred first. I think I know why it was mostly forgotten.
ML/NJ