“and those that caused President Lincoln to send Federal troops to the harbor in Charleston and initiate war.”
There were already Federal troops in Charleston harbor. Lincoln sent reinforcements. The CSA decided to preempt that and fired on Fort Sumter. They started the fighting.
But then the north invaded
Local authorities had given the federals 60 days to leave. Reinforcement was not necessary but was Lincoln’s ploy to start a shooting war.
His misjudgment cost 750,000 lives…the price of a large memorial building.