[vetvetdoug]

Lincoln had Union troops attack and take Pensacola a month before Sumter. Lincoln was dishonest in his talks with the Confederate emissaries that were in D.C. He told them he wouldn’t reinforce Sumter at the same time he was sending a fleet to reinforce Sumter. This ruse was ferreted out by the Confederacy and the reason Beauregard was ordered to fire on Maj Anderson’s garrison.

[rxh4n1]

Lincoln had Union troops attack and take Pensacola a month before Sumter.

This is false.

[DiogenesLamp]

Lincoln had Union troops attack and take Pensacola a month before Sumter. Lincoln was dishonest in his talks with the Confederate emissaries that were in D.C. He told them he wouldn’t reinforce Sumter at the same time he was sending a fleet to reinforce Sumter. This ruse was ferreted out by the Confederacy and the reason Beauregard was ordered to fire on Maj Anderson’s garrison.

This is fairly correct but leaves out an important point. The warships he sent were ordered to attack if they were resisted in placing supplies in Fort Sumter.

Also left out is that fort Sumter was seized by force in the middle of the night by Major Anderson. The seizing of fort Sumter was probably the first belligerent act of the war.