godofredus
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Apr 17, 2013
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- Chicago
Evidence has clearly shown that any argument that attempts to support the premise that the Lincoln administration committed the first act of aggression is based on buffoonery.
The word "buffoonery" is entirely to gracious. Deliberate misfeasance (e.g. lies) would be closer to the truth.
Somewhere, someone posted a list of the CSA acts of aggression before the April act of aggression on Sumter - including the action of the Citadel cadets on Star of the West in: On (January 9) in 1861, a Union merchant ship, the Star of the West, is fired upon as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. This incident was the first time shots were exchanged between North and South, although it (did) not trigger the Civil War
As I recall there were a number of incidents - I think before Jan 9 - when U.S. ships were fired upon. I think they were all on the Mississippi river. Can someone repost them for me? I will keep my opinion out of this.