[trek]

"It was about unilateral secession and an attack on US troops at Ft. Sumter."

And just what were those federal troops at Ft. Sumter doing? (Hint: it didn't have anything to do with slavery, but it did have a lot to do with what motivated many southerners to support withdrawal from a union that was increasingly in the thrall of northern mercantilist interests.)

[Heyworth]

And just what were those federal troops at Ft. Sumter doing?

Occupying a fort that had been built with federal money, on land deeded to the federal government by the state of South Carolina.

but it did have a lot to do with what motivated many southerners to support withdrawal from a union that was increasingly in the thrall of northern mercantilist interests

Funny, there's no mention of northern mercantalist interests in the Declaration of Causes that South Carolina's Secession Convention issued, but lots of talk about slavery.

[Non-Sequitur]

And just what were those federal troops at Ft. Sumter doing? (Hint: it didn't have anything to do with slavery, but it did have a lot to do with what motivated many southerners to support withdrawal from a union that was increasingly in the thrall of northern mercantilist interests.)

Manning their assigned post and waiting to see what came next I imagine.