Sure there was.
Lincoln started the war. Or do you want me to quote Lincoln's personal secretary to you again? It's the smoking gun, N-S.
You can quote who ever the hell you want. Long and short is that the southern states chose to escalate the issue to armed rebellion by bombarding Sumter. They chose war, not Lincoln. And if you choose to follow that tired old "Jeff Davis was too stupid to see through Lincoln's plot" excuse then so be it.
Time for your slothful induction to stop.
Time for the southron myths to stop. Fat chance of that ever happening, though.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
Long and short is that the southern states chose to escalate the issue to armed rebellion by bombarding Sumter.
There was no rebellion.
They chose war, not Lincoln. And if you choose to follow that tired old "Jeff Davis was too stupid to see through Lincoln's plot" excuse then so be it.
Fire, fire, pants on liar.
Squishbob Liarpants rides again.
Still ain't true, Bubba. Only everyone reading this thread knows it, now.