[BroJoeK]

Pelham: "BroJoe is ignoring the Star of the West assault that preceded it."

But you know perfectly well the Star of the West assaulted nothing, and indeed was assaulted by bombardment from the shore near Fort Sumter.
Like Lincoln's mission to resupply Sumter in April, President Buchanan's earlier mission in January, sending Star of the West to resupply the fort, failed.

[Pelham]

So you don’t count firing on The Star of the West as an act of war?