[Non-Sequitur]

According to the “Official Records” and authors such as Klein, the Southern leaders suspected that Lincoln had ordered as many as 11 ships, several hundred soldiers, munitions, and war materiel to be sent to Southern ports.

So what do you want me to say? That the confederate leadership was stupid? Starting a war with the U.S. should confirm that more than anything I could say.

Are you now admitting that Lincoln ordered that and sent last minute notice to the Governor of SC?

I have never denied that arms and munitions were on the ships, along with food and supplies. But I also believe that, in accordance with Lincoln's letter, had the South not been so hell-bent for war then only the food and supplies would have been landed. Had the fleet arrived with the fort under attack, and had the opportunity permitted, then the men and munitions would have been landed.

The whole question of peace or war was in the hands of Jefferson Davis. We know what path he took.

[PeaRidge]

Another of your misrepresentations....>>> Starting a war with the U.S.

Absolute and utter nonsense. The people of the city and the duly elected and appointed members of the Confederacy were protecting the harbor from and invasion by rendering Ft. Sumter unnecessary to the Union.

Alexander H. Stephens: “it is not he who strikes the first blow, or fires the first gun that inaugurates or begins the conflict." Rather, the true aggressor is "the first who renders force necessary."