Then you disagree with your source posted in reply 92, which detailed Lincoln's authority to call up the militia in the face of the Southern rebellion. So if you believe they're wrong in that area then what other area are they incorrect on?
And it was Lincoln who needed the war, and he brought forth the US Navy to do so....led by that civilian Hothead G. Fox.
And it was Jefferson Davis who bombarded Sumter and initiated the war rather than allow food to be landed and the status quo to continue. Why? How else was he going to get the other slave states off the fence? He banked that with 8 addition states he could take on the federal government and win. As it turns out he only got 4 states and he lost.
You must have read post 92 before I posted, Non. You’re getting good at these debates.