The differences. Lincoln sent 4 warships, one merchant ship and a couple of steam tugs, 200 artillerymen thousands of rounds of ammunition, fuses and 4 months provisions to fort Sumter. Davis could easily see this as something more than a “reprovisoning” mission, that Lincoln had written to Pickens about. Davis chose to prevent the resupply of the fort. Did the presence of reinforcements, ammunition’s provide extenuating or mitigating circumstances to the Confederate President for this actions Screw analogies, this is the reality of the situation in April 1861
No we will not ‘screw’ analogies. This incident serves as an analogy for CW2.
The first to draw blood is who started the fight.
True in grade school. True in history.