To: SAMWolf
I agree, Sam. Sumter galvanized the North into action. Before, people seemed to be holding their breath, hoping there wouldn't be a war. On the other hand, Something else probably would have happened, like some hothead trying by force to install a confederate government in a border state or raiding an armory in a border state.
72 posted on
10/09/2003 2:55:03 PM PDT by
colorado tanker
(Oddball: "A . . . tank can give you an . . . edge.")
To: colorado tanker
I don't think there was any way the South could have left and not have a war breakout. Something was bound to happen to start the war. Too many hotheads on both sides.
75 posted on
10/09/2003 2:59:13 PM PDT by
SAMWolf
(Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.)
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