No, you know perfectly well that Jefferson Davis started war at Fort Sumter to force reluctant Union states like Virginia and Tennessee to switch sides and join the Confederacy's war against the United States.
Of course, once war started then the Union did everything possible to prevent Border South states from joining the Confederacy.
I am not going to entertain consideration of your silly rant.
The war started when the North Eastern power blocks realized how much money they would lose if the South became independent. Sumter was just an excuse for starting the war they needed. If they hadn't started it at Sumter, it was guaranteed that it would have started at Pickens when that armed force landed to reinforce it.
I had disguised the ship, so that she deceived those who had known her, and was standing in (unnoticed), when the Wyandotte commenced making signals, which I did not answer, but stood on.The steamer then put herself in my way and Captain Meigs, who was aboard, hailed me and I stopped.
In twenty minutes more I should have been inside (Pensacola harbor) or sunk.
Signed: D.D. Porter
Lincoln was going to have the war his wealthy masters demanded one way or the other.