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> The war started before he took office, and for the most part, he spent his time trying to hold Sherman and Grant back.
Fort Sumter was a month after his inauguration.
It would be more accurate to say civil strife and a secession crisis (South Carolina, December) started before he took office: it became an actual hot war under his leadership.