[hobbes1]

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....!

[capitan_refugio]

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."