Day 1:

Today is not a good day. The democrat Lincoln looks a'like he a gonna take away everything the south has come to know. Those northern democrats should be ashamed of themselves. The only reason they want Lincoln is because they know he'll put a hault to slavery. That will kill me and my plantation.

Day 2:

Ive been runnin a'muk. Lincoln has won the election, and imma fraid the south has know hope. There will no longer be a say for the south. We'll probably leave the union.

Day 3:

Like i said the south seceded from the union. All us southern plantation owners asked from Lincoln was to extend slavery, but he said no. He don't know how much them slaves mean to his economy, but he'll see now that were gone. I can feel it now, there's going to be war.

Day 4:

There is gonna be war. The confederate troops have hold to almost all forts, post offices, and other federal buildings in the South. You can smell the scent of war, just like the hound dog ona slave trail.

Day 5:

The Union wants Fort Sumter. It is the guarding fort to Charleston harbor. The Union was the reason for war. They just wouldn't let go, so we had to fire at em'.