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To: FLT-bird

Davis was willing to go to war over Sumter. He got what he wanted, Sumter and a war.


197 posted on 07/21/2020 6:06:30 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Davis was willing to go to war over Sumter. He got what he wanted, Sumter and a war. Lincoln sent a heavily armed fleet with hundreds of troops to invade South Carolina's sovereign territory with the express purpose of starting a war.
198 posted on 07/21/2020 8:17:14 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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