South Carolina and other states secede

With America on the rocks, and war breaking out the South felt the need to secede. Virginia seceded first, they did so by passing an Oridinance of Sucession on April 17, 1861. The Confederacy responded by moving the capital to Richmond, Virginia. By early June of 1861, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tenessee has also seceded. Lincoln didnt want to lose anymore states, and he was willing to do anything to keep America together. To prevent Maryland from seceding he ordered martial law there, to keep them under control. Lincoln also promised to leave those states that were undecided alone, as long as the Confederacy did so too. But later, the nuetral Kentucky people became angery, because Confederate invasion, they decided to go against the Confederates in the war. Missouri was also able to stay in the Union with federal forces. Now the only issue was how the preservation of America would play out on the battlefield.