[TexConfederate1861]

There was very little rebellion. Why else would peace commissioners go to Washington? If Lincoln had accepted the status quo, there would have been NO WAR. That is a fact.

[Non-Sequitur]

There was very little rebellion. Why else would peace commissioners go to Washington? If Lincoln had accepted the status quo, there would have been NO WAR. That is a fact.

The status quo was federal troops manning their fort. That was the status quo that Davis couldn't accept and what he was willing to start a war to upset.

[Ditto]

If Lincoln had accepted the status quo, there would have been NO WAR. That is a fact.

If it were about the status quo, the Confederates would not have shut down the food supplies for Anderson and his men.