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. >> stewart rachel sheldon as our guest talk about the election of 1860. iie want to go over this brief timeline professor sheldon. lincoln is elected november 6 of 1860. seven states begin secedingde fm the union december 20, 1860. abraham lincoln takes office in march of 1861. the civil war begins. that's april 12, 1861. what was the transition. like for the incoming president? >> this. it's actually full of all kinds of twists and turns. it is an unbelievable few months where you cannot really predict what is going to happen. who do have very quick turn to secession by south carolina. then starting in january some of the other deep south states you have the secession of seven deep south statesrhe next month and half, six weeks. during that period there are questions whether someoi of the upper south states going to secede. you have tennessee, virginia, you have kentucky, you have maryland, u of arkansas. you have misery all of these are? 's north carolina, all these are? , are the states going to secede? and people do not know. there are secession conve