To: nolu chan
War was not forced on Lincoln. Lincoln had sent three expeditions, one of which had already invaded the South, before the first shot at Sumter. Sore Losermen....!
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07/04/2003 5:02:12 PM PDT by
hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
To be sure, "Armed insurrection began on December 27, 1860, when South Carolina State forces seized Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie and the U.S. revenue cutter William Aitken."
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