William L. Yancey and Edmund Ruffin
a. were prominent secessionists who founded the League of United Southerners.
b. were the first two volunteers from South Carolina when the war started.
c. tried to arrange a compromise Democratic candidate in 1860 who would bridge sectional differences.
d. were early backers of Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860.
e. were members of Lincoln's cabinet.
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