Even a blind mole knows that. *ONLY* blind moles know that. Everyone who has been spoon fed this narrative for their entire lives know that, but as Lincoln said: "Just because you call a tail a leg, doesn't make it so."
Trouble is, when you look at real, accurate facts and proof, Lincoln started the war by launching a belligerent war fleet.
Did you even know about the fleet? Had you ever heard that Lincoln sent warships to attack the Confederates?
My bet is that you have not, because only the official narrative gets put in the History books, and since the powers that be since 1861 have decreed that the Confederates started it, that is exactly what approved history books are going to reflect.
Here is a picture of one of the warships Lincoln sent to attack the Confederates.
Everyone knows about the relief expedition.
Did any warships attack? NOPE.
The U.S.S. Pawnee arrived only after the Fort had surrender.
Who started the war?
Gen P.T. Beauregard when he opened fire on Fort Sumter.
Why did Gen. P.T. open fire? He was ordered to do so by the Confederate Government.
Even the blind moles know this history.
Got another lie to spin your way out total defeat?
“sent warships to attack the Confederates?”
you know well what the orders to those ships were. Do not fire unless the resupply effort is resisted. Since Sumter was under attack when they arrived, the resupply effort was not launched. Not one of Lincoln’s “war fleet” actually fired a gun at South Carolina installations. The did not have orders to attack. Had they, they would have fired on the SC batteries at Moultrie.