Don't even believe what I told you. Look it up your f***ing self. Porter was either way out of control, or he was acting directly on Lincoln's orders. Since his orders were secret, and since they have never been revealed, it's a pretty safe bet Lincoln told him to deliberately start a war.
Stop believing the crap you've been told when it is clearly ontradicted by demonstrable facts.
Porter was a backup plan for starting that war. *LINCOLN* meant to have a war.
“Get a f***ing clue. Lincoln was going to have his war.”
Yeah, he was going to start a war with the just, pure, peace-loving Southerners who just happened to oblige him by opening fire on Fort Sumner to prevent a resupply mission. Mean Lincoln! Pure, noble Jefferson Davis! The Glorious South - forever a Shining Example of Nobility and Greatness! Vs evil, money-grubbing Northerners! < / sarcasm >