[jmacusa]

Get yourself a copy of the Winter edition 2019 of The Civil War Monitor magazine or go to @civilwarmonitor.com. And btw it was the South who was the aggressor and started the war, not Lincoln.

[rockrr]

You can also find that quote in "Treason on Trial: The United States v. Jefferson Davis"

[Kalamata]

>>jmacusa wrote: “btw it was the South who was the aggressor and started the war, not Lincoln.”

That is pure, 100%, revisionist baloney. Lincoln declared war on the Confederacy in his First Inaugural speech if they didn’t submit to his rules

Mr. Kalamata

[DiogenesLamp]

Anderson burned the guns, took over a ship and seized control of a stronghold in the harbor, and then threatened to use the guns against the occupants.

Lincoln sent five warships and a troop carrier to *FORCE* the residents to accept *HIS* control over their harbor entrance.

There is also some evidence that the people of Charleston were assured by President Buchanan that Anderson would remain at his assigned station and not move without notifying them.

They awoke in the morning to find Moultrie burning and Anderson occupying a threatening position over them.

So no, the aggression was pretty much one sided in this affair.