You’re right. Who started it really isn’t all that important, but I was replying to a poster who placed the blame entirely on the North. The historical fact is that the first shots were fired by the South, not the North. It might have turned out to have been the other way around had Sumter not been the start of it, but that’s not the actual history, only speculation. The actual history tells us that the South was the initial aggressor.
You accept the fact that ‘who started it’ is a childish point... but you’ll go with it anyway?
OKAY...
Funny. I’ve a couple who are my friends who are having problems and they refuse to be reasonable, or even sensible.
Fits in perfectly with a discussion of the Civil War LOL!
So sad what fools we are. So hard to learn from our mistakes (not a Civil War specific statement!)
Please tell me which military forts the South claimed ownership of that were located in the north after they left the union. That the north claimed any sort of ownership of military forts in southern states that seceded was the initial aggressive act. All the south did was leave the union. That's not being aggressive and they had no plans to attack any union state as they knew a war with the north would be a losing proposition. The north knew this an thus provoked a war.