And it wasn't a "rebellion." The States had seceded as the Declaration of Independence informed them they lawfully could do, and it was done through a democratic process that represented the will of the people.
There would not have even been a military confrontation if Lincoln hadn't sent warships into the situation with orders to attack the Confederates.
Everything would have been resolved peacefully but for the arrival of warships sent by Lincoln.
DiogenesLamp:
"There would not have even been a military confrontation if Lincoln hadn't sent warships into the situation with orders to attack the Confederates.
Everything would have been resolved peacefully but for the arrival of warships sent by Lincoln." As shown in post #200 above, Jefferson Davis intended to start war at Fort Sumter and/or Fort Pickens, regardless of what Lincoln did or didn't do.