[carton253]

No, your orginal answer was "I don't know and neither do you." I thought it was a cop out and could not figure out why you just would not answer the question.

I've listed a few sources. I'm sure by time you are done with deconstructing them, they will be worthless and not worth the trouble of putting them together.

[Non-Sequitur]

I've listed a few sources. I'm sure by time you are done with deconstructing them, they will be worthless and not worth the trouble of putting them together.

But no quotes from Lincoln saying he knew that resupplying Sumter would lead to war. We know what Browning thought. We know what Hurlbut thought. We know what Nicolay and Hay and Petigru thought. How about what Lincoln thought?