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Nope, I merely pointed out your "hyperbole" was false when you said...

What are you saying, that US forces WEREN'T shelled at fort Sumter, only the fort?

Did you forget your exaggerations (which were of course exaggerations worthy of a declaration of war)

Wait, are you declaring war on me now?

As for Hartford, keep reading...

I've read a lot about Hartford, and what I have yet to see is anything coming out of the convention that would constitute a legal attempt at secession. Talking about a flag and sending a report to the president requesting certain amendments is not the same as announcing yourself no be no longer part of the United States. Apparently that distinction escapes you, though.

But you got me again with the general "final report" issued years after the war ended that didn't have the word secession in it.

Seriously, you're embarrassing yourself here. The "Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention" was published the day after the convention closed, on January 5, 1815.

Oh, and any progress on finding that New York Times article?

What are you saying, that US forces WEREN'T shelled at fort Sumter, only the fort?

MY understanding of physics and biology says if shells hit troops, then the result is X number of casualties. The story of the next four years tell me both sides were pretty good at killing each other when they wanted to. I guess the most logical answer though is the South just reeeeealy wasn't on their game those first 20 hours and couldn't hit their targets.

Seriously, you're embarrassing yourself here. The "Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention" was published the day after the convention closed, on January 5, 1815.

Apologies...months after the end of the war.

Talking about a flag and sending a report to the president requesting certain amendments is not the same as announcing yourself no be no longer part of the United States. Apparently that distinction escapes you, though.

Well, a legal "attempt" would involve the meeting, planning and codification of resolutions in anticipation of secession. If they actually followed through with it, I no longer think "attempt to secede" would be a very good description.

In case anyone's counting though, we can add Teddy Roosevelt to the list of people you're smarter than since you ignore his conclusion on Hartford. Or maybe that quote's just as imaginary as the NYT piece that's mysteriously become your personal key to unlocking 150 years of truth. We'll probably never know since you're proving your impotence at honest research.