[Terriergal]

Ah, so preemptive strike. I get it.

Funny how the Brits don’t seem to have nearly as much animosity toward us, nor us of them.

[PeaRidge]

In essence, you are very right. The people of Charleston had fired on British ships attempting to enter the Harbor in 1776, and had successfully run them off.

And they would and did do it again.

The Confederate government knew that they would have to face the coming aggression somewhere.....Savannah, Florida, New Orleans?

Lincoln had demanded the continuance of the tariff revenue in his inaugural speech, and it was clear that he would have to retain the money flow. Besides, the US Treasury would default within two months of any interruption of the tariffs.