Yes, BroJoeK, he did admit to that. He went so far as to say that Davis had full justification for attacking Sumter (the Foreign Garrison). I believe one exact quote was, “The Confederacy viewed the presence of U.S. troops in the South after legal secession as the presence of a foreign garrison.” Full attribution to J. Effersondem.
I’m off to bed. Hopefully, when I wake up tomorrow this thread will have cracked 1,000 posts and my work here will be done.
Yeh, but I'm not certain who controls Lost Causer orthodoxy and whether that controlling authority would ever permit a poster like J. Effersondem (;-) to contradict it.
My understanding is that Lost Causers are required to claim that Confederates were fully justified in starting war at Fort Sumter, but in fact they didn't, Lincoln did, with his vast "war armada" intended to "attack" or even "invade" Charleston.
I might be wrong on this, but will not hold my breath while waiting for their disagreement. ;-)