[CIBGUY]

Ft. sumpter was within the boundaries of the Confederacy. the Union troops that occupied it were given every opportunity to pack up and skidaddle...they chose to remain. Next case! (There were no Union troops killed by Confederate gunfire. Only one Union soldier was killed and that was the result of an accident within the fort.

[Non-Sequitur]

Ft. sumpter was within the boundaries of the Confederacy. the Union troops that occupied it were given every opportunity to pack up and skidaddle...they chose to remain.

And why shouldn't they remain? Fort Sumter was the property of the U.S. Army, built with federal funds on property deeded to the government by the South Carolina legislature, and located in the harbor of a city in the United States. The South Carolina government and the Davis regime had no legal claim to it whatsoever. They had every right to be thereNext case!

[Poohbah]

Ft. sumpter was within the boundaries of the Confederacy. the Union troops that occupied it were given every opportunity to pack up and skidaddle...they chose to remain. Next case!

Your neighbors got together and declared your property to be within the boundaries of their property, and have given you every opportunity to leave. Then they start shooting at your house.