[DiogenesLamp]

You forgot about the South firing on the Star of the West and the Rhoda Shannon I see. Both before they fired on Sumter.

If you are going to split silly hairs, Union troops fired on Florida Militia before either of the events you mentioned.

[DoodleDawg]

If you are going to split silly hairs, Union troops fired on Florida Militia before either of the events you mentioned.

And I can reply with the very real threat to the safety of Major Anderson and his men being spread around Charleston and which caused the move to Sumter. We can take this back as far as you want to go but the truly deciding factor was when they bombarded Sumter into submission.