BZZZT! Wrong. Lincoln did not stop at simply taking the forts as his quote suggested he would do. Rather, he marched armies into the southern states in hostility against their people and used those armies to coerce obedience. And that, by Lincoln's very own definition, is an invasion.
He took no hostile actions against any southern state prior to the southern initiation of hostilities at Sumter.
Yes he did. He dispatched the fleet a week before Fort Sumter to provoke a military conflict.
After the Davis regime initiated hostilities at Sumter. Once they started the war Lincoln had no choice but to respond.
Yes he did. He dispatched the fleet a week before Fort Sumter to provoke a military conflict.
Nonsense. Lincoln sent men and supplies to Sumter and Pickens in order to hold on to the forts belonging to the United States, just like he said he was going to do.