Evidence of illegal moves, my original contention, from the words of people of the time.
You seem to have difficulty understanding that not all "duplicity" or "equivocation" is necessarily illegal. (Not that I'm agreeing any such actions actually took place.)
Illegal is a word that means in violation of a specific law. Please point out the specific Federal Law that Major Anderson violated by moving his troops to Sumter.
Also, Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated during the period under discussion. I think you mixed up references to actions of Buchanan and Lincoln in the post.
To which do you refer?
You seem to have difficulty understanding that not all "duplicity" or "equivocation" is necessarily illegal. (Not that I'm agreeing any such actions actually took place.) Illegal is a word that means in violation of a specific law. Please point out the specific Federal Law that Major Anderson violated by moving his troops to Sumter.
In the words of the men of the time:
"The violation of the armistice was, as Meigs would state in March of 1865, 'an Executive act, unknown at the time to any but those engaged therein, including General Scott, the Secretary of State, and the President.'"
How much clearer can that be?