[papertyger]

You are aware that he sent what the Confederate government believed to be a belligerent Naval force to stand 10 miles off the coast of Charleston? Multiple warships and armed men were sent, in clear violation of the armistice the two sides had with each other.

Refs for research? I've never heard of this angle before.

[DiogenesLamp]

Refs for research?

I'll have to search them up again, but in my experience, evidence seldom convinces anyone of anything. Too many people have too much emotion invested in what they prefer to believe.

I've never heard of this angle before.

Why on earth would anyone on the Union side want people to know about this? It makes Lincoln look like a monster who deliberately triggered a war that killed 750,000 people to protect the financial interest of Wealthy Robber barons in the North East.

There is a good reason that people don't talk about those soldiers and ships Lincoln sent to Charleston. It doesn't fit the narrative they wish people to believe.

Here is one link that covers some of the material.