[jeffersondem]

“Davis gave them ample excuse to use military force, he started a war with the United States.”

It was during the early fog of war that Lincoln dispatched the U.S. navy, resulting in the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Errrr, I mean the Ft. Sumter incident.

[Bull Snipe]

Firing on a Federal military installation is not “the fog of war”. It is an intentional act of war.