[Aric2000]

Again, you have not read letters written by Lincoln congratulationg the fact that they were able to get the south to strike at Ft. Sumter. I have read that letter, as well as the fact that Ft. Sumter had indeed made arrangements to get foodstuffs from the south, but Lincoln could NOT afford for that to happen so he jinxed the deal.

Indeed, the history is written by the victor, and I guess the North was as pure as the driven snow....NOT!!!

[Non-Sequitur]

Ah you must be referring to the letters from Lincoln to Gustavus Fox. Well I have read them and I don't see the same sinister motive that you seem to. In fact you seem to be falling into that sothron crybaby habit of blaming everything on the north. You all want the world to believe that you were tricked into firing on Sumter which, if true, would have been a remarkable stupid thing for the south to fall for and hardly something to brag about. Yet you do. Go figure.