[DiogenesLamp]

No, it was in The United States

Does that mean Lexington and Concorde were part of England or something? Just trying to follow your thinking here.

Not for lack of trying.

The possibility that they weren't really trying is simply beyond your imagination. The fact remains, they DIDN'T kill anyone. Neither did the Union Forces. I'm pretty sure neither side was trying to kill anyone. You don't fire cannons at each other for 10 hours without killing someone unless you are deliberately not aiming at them.

who started the bloodshed?
The southrons

Yeah? Who did they kill? Nobody at Fort Sumter, that's for sure.

[rockrr]

You don't fire cannons at each other for 10 hours without killing someone unless you are deliberately not aiming at them.

Unless of course you're a really lousy shot.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Does that mean Lexington and Concorde were part of England or something?

They were certainly British territory, ruled by the King, until victory in a war established them as something else.

You don't fire cannons at each other for 10 hours without killing someone unless you are deliberately not aiming at them.

Right, and when you lob hot shot into the fort, setting fires to the wooden buildings and gates, gutting the fort and threatening to set off the magazine, that was all carefully aimed so that no one could possibly be hurt.

The fact that no one was killed is no more a defense for southern actions than when a bank robber shoots at police but claims that he's innocent because he didn't hit anyone.

Here's what the inside of the fort looked like after Anderson surrendered: