Don't be dishonest.
You know, or ought to know, given how many times i've covered this, that the fleet consisted of several ships, most of which were warships.
Those ships were:
Powhatan, the command ship, led by Captain Mercer.
Pocahontas,
Pawnee,
Harriet Lane,
Yankee,
Baltic, acting as a troop carrier and loaded with troops and munitions,
Thomas Freeborn,
Uncle Ben
The ships orders were sent to the Confederates, and they knew exactly what those ships orders said. "If resisted, Use Entire Force..." and they looked at it as an attack, which is exactly how Lincoln wanted them to see it.
So yes. WAR FLEET. SENT TO ATTACK.
Proved.
No, you've proved nothing except that you love to lie straight-faced.
The truth is that Lincoln himself informed SC Gov. Pickens of his resupply mission to Fort Sumter, and that no force would be used unless it was resisted.
So Pickens and Davis had every opportunity to allow the resupply, and no force would be required or used on either side.
But that's not what Davis or Pickens wanted -- both wanted a showdown to force Ft. Sumter's surrender, and to spill enough blood to get Virginians off their fence sitting to vote for secession.
"There are the words of Virginian Roger Pryor, who, speaking to a Charleston audience on April 10, 1861, said,
[Ibid.,_ p. 289] "That same day, Davis received a telegram from Louis T. Wigfall, urging,
The case of Pensacola [Ft. Pickens] then is reduced [to] the more palpable elements of a military problem and your measures may without disturbing views be directed to the capture of Fort Pickens and the defence of the harbor. You will soon have I hope a force sufficient to occupy all the points necessary for that end.
As many additional troops as may be required can be promptly furnished.'
[Jefferson Davis to Braxton Bragg, 3 Apr 1861]"
So this whole argument is simply ridiculous and you guys 100% know the truth, but 100% refuse under all circumstances to confess it.
Why?