Following Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election, Southern states began the process of secession that eventually led to the formation of the Confederate States of America (CSA). South Carolina was the first to declare secession.
Floriano Peixoto , known as the “Iron Marshal ”, was military and the second President of the Republic of Brazil, responsible for the consolidation of the republican regime. Next to Deodoro da Fonseca , belonged to the period called “Republic of the Sword ” (1889 to 1894), since the first two presi