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Lincoln's mission at Fort Pickens was the same as at Fort Sumter, to prevent Confederates from seizing Union troops & property.

This has been explained to you before. Lieutenant Porter immediately tried to engage the confederate shore batteries as soon as he arrived. If you think he was doing this contrary to the President's orders, you are greatly mistaken.

One can only conclude that his orders were to start a d@mn fight as soon as he got there. Nothing else is reasonable.

Ergo, Lincoln intended to start the war there if his trick to start it in Charleston failed.

DiogenesLamp: "This has been explained to you before.
Lieutenant Porter immediately tried to engage the confederate shore batteries as soon as he arrived.
If you think he was doing this contrary to the President's orders, you are greatly mistaken.
One can only conclude that his orders were to start a d@mn fight as soon as he got there.
Nothing else is reasonable."

You are so obviously a trained Democrat propagandist -- here imputing motives to Republican Lincoln where none such are in evidence, while ignoring Democrat Jefferson Davis' own expressions of pre-meditated intention to start Civil War at both Forts Sumter and Pickens.

Seriously, what's wrong with your brain, FRiend?