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"War was unwanted but unavoidable" the reason for this is because they side one part wanted war not matter the consequences and the other wanted their nation to survive so they had to go to war so the other country would not destroy their country... :P
Answer: War was unwanted, but unavoidable.
In this excerpt, President Lincoln states that the war was unwanted, but unavoidable. The South did not want war, but they refused to let the Union survive. On the other hand, the North did not want war, but refused to let the Union perish. Even though neither side wanted it, the war became inevitable.