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To: Tribune7
"But the South did fire on Fort Sumter..."

They did - after strictly warning Lincoln not to resupply the fort, that an attempt do do so would be considered an act of NORTHERN AGGRESSION leading to war. He tried it anyway.

59 posted on 06/12/2003 9:06:33 AM PDT by azhenfud
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To: azhenfud
A state has no right to tell the US Army what it can and can't do. What bizarre interpretation of the Constitution gave you THAT idea.
125 posted on 06/12/2003 12:41:45 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (RATS will use any means to denigrate George Bush's Victory.)
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