[DiogenesLamp]

Nope. It is a historical fact. The “victor” rewrites the history, but that little fact slipped through, so some claim that Sec Seward was not authorized to make the promise not to resupply - but the fact remains, both Buchanan and Lincoln lied about resupply.

I believe this link is relevant.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/house-divided/post/brag-bowling-by-resupplying-ft-sumter-did-lincoln-purposely-provoke-war/2011/04/07/AFFfoqLD_blog.html

[Tzfat]

It is impossible to convince faux conservatives that deify Lincoln that Obama is following the same mold as Lincoln. The current tyranny of the federal government traces back to the abandonment of our Constitution by Lincoln.

Sic semper tyrannis!