Lincoln took office just months after seven southern states had seceded from the union and formed the confederate states of america 林肯就职的时候，正逢7个南方州脱离联邦政府，并另行组成南方联盟。
Until 1863 , the union and confederate armies kept prisoners of war to a minimum with regular trades of prisoners 直到1863年，联邦政府与南方联盟的军队还继续囚禁一定数量的战犯，并定期的进行囚犯买卖。
On may 13 , 1864 , a confederate prisoner of war , who had died at a local hospital , was the first soldier buried at arlington 在1864年5月13日，一名南方联盟的战犯在地区医院去世，他是第一个埋葬在阿灵顿的士兵。
On november 6 , 1861 , jefferson davis was elected president , not of the united states of america but of the confederate states of america 在1861年11月6日，杰佛逊?大卫斯被选为南方联盟的总统，而不是北方联邦政府的总统。
The confederacy opposed the new leader ' s policy against the expansion of slavery to new states and had exercised what they viewed as their right to secede 南方联盟反对新领袖不愿将奴隶制度扩展到新加入的各州之政策，因而决定履行他们退出联邦政府的权力。
As time went by the southern league application did not appear to be making progress , so even later an application was made to leapfrog it and join the football league 一段时间后，南方联盟的申请通过迟迟不见进展，于是稍后新的加入足球联盟的申请取而代之。
When charleston finally surrendered to the north it was a sad day for confederates , but a happy day for those who did not like slavery and wanted the union to stay together 查尔斯顿市向联邦军队投降的那一天，是南方联盟最难过的一天，但是却是那些不喜欢奴隶制度，也相当愿意永远成为联邦政府一份子的人们最开心的一天。
Hearing lincoln ' s april 10 victory speech , famed actor and confederate die - hard john wilkes booth turned to a friend and remarked with seething hatred that this meant negro citizenship , and vowed to kill lincoln 在听过林肯4月10日的胜利演说之后，约翰?威尔克斯?布斯这个著名演员兼“南方联盟”的顽固分子，满腔仇恨地转头对一个朋友说这意味着黑人获得了公民身份并发誓要干掉林肯。
