[rockrr]

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?

I suppose if I were to stare directly into the sun for a couple of hours I could see how that might work.

The South left peacefully- that’s a fact.

That's a blatant lie. The south started stealing everything they could get their grubbies on even before they "officially" rebelled. Their actions were warlike, not peaceful.

They asked for the surrender of the forts- Lincoln said no- it wasn’t the South that started the war.

Hostile forces fired upon United States forces. They should have all been exterminated.

...now everyone is a slave!

Speak for yourself.

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

Exterminated?
You belong to the other side- no gentleman ever spoke such language.
We are done here.