The Civil War was not entirely caused by Lincoln's election, but the election was one of the primary reasons the war broke out the following year. Lincoln's decision to fight rather than to let the Southern states secede was not based on his feelings towards slavery.
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A lot of people died and wounded
Neutral. The colonist has bigger problems to worry about then picking which side he’s on. in the paragraph no strong feelings of his are expressed leaving the reader to beleive he is probably a neutral.