I disagree.
Contemplate for a moment the tens - the HUNDREDS of thousands of lives (north and south alike) that would have been saved had REL not turned his back on his oath during the dirty insurrection.
Ponder if Lincoln on hadn’t declared war by reinforcing the harbor forts or calling for 100,000 volunteers to put down what he called the insurrection? See how that works? The South left peacefully- that’s a fact. They asked for the surrender of the forts- Lincoln said no- it wasn’t the South that started the war. As for slavery- we lost the war and now everyone is a slave! Ponder that for a moment-
Ponder if Lincoln on hadn’t declared war by reinforcing the harbor forts or calling for 100,000 volunteers to put down what he called the insurrection? See how that works? The South left peacefully- that’s a fact. They asked for the surrender of the forts- Lincoln said no- it wasn’t the South that started the war. As for slavery- we lost the war and now everyone is a slave! Ponder that for a moment-