No. The Federal Government never recognized the Confederacy as a legitimate political entity (ie, a country); rather, they were viewed only as states in rebellion. No declaration of war was required for the government to take steps to suppress the rebellion. The Congress did, however, pass laws relating to raising armies and political and business relations with and within the rebellious states.
It didn't. The Confederacy was the government formed by those states attempting to leave the Union. The two were at war. Michael Montagne Actually, the Union did depend on the Confederacy. With out the confederacy's contributions to the war and *mistakes* the Union would have never won.
He did not technically declare war at all, because he did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. (This is why there was never a Peace Treaty at the end either.) The North mobilised in defence of the Union, and to regain the cotton revenues.
Confederacy
The union won
The Union
union but nether really
Union and Confederacy
The Confederacy....
The Union or Federal forces opposed the Confederacy.
The American Civil War was a dispute over the Union and the Confederacy. The war was about the Confederacy (the south) wanting to split off from the Union due to slavery laws in the Union.
During the Civil War, the capitals of the Confederacy and the Union were only about 100 miles apart. Although the Confederacy was geographically larger than the Union, it had a much lower population.
The Confederacy won the First Battle of Bull Run.