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To: PeaRidge

“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.


21 posted on 02/21/2026 2:34:39 AM PST by rxh4n1
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To: rxh4n1

But then the north invaded


23 posted on 02/21/2026 3:05:30 AM PST by Archie Bunker on steroids (You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you "Pericles" )
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To: rxh4n1

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.


24 posted on 02/21/2026 3:34:08 AM PST by PeaRidge
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