[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.

[TexConfederate1861]

No one should have to accept a Foreign Power occupying a fort in their main harbor.