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I found two links to Charles Ramsdell famous work "Lincoln and Ft. Sumter" which implies Lincoln provoke the south into firing the first shot... Read the original work and make up ypur own mind...
LInk One:
https://bonniebluepublishing.com/Lincoln and Fort Sumter.htm
Link Two is in two parts:
www.charlestonathenaeumpress.com
Fort Pickens did not threaten the town of Pensacola as Fort Sumter did Charleston; it was easily accessible from the sea if reinforcements should be decided upon; and there was no such excitement over its continued occupation by the United States troops as there was about Sumter.
www.charlestonathenaeumpress.com
During the afternoon of April 4 Lincoln saw Captain Fox, who was to have charge of the Sumter expedition, and told him of his final determination to send relief to Anderson and that notification of the relief expedition would be sent to the Governor of South Carolina before Fox could possibly arrive off Charleston Harbor.
LInk One:
https://bonniebluepublishing.com/Lincoln and Fort Sumter.htm
Link Two is in two parts:
Lincoln and Fort Sumter, by Charles W. Ramsdell - Part 1 - "Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in hope that it may find a place in history and descend to posterity."-Robert E. Lee - Southern History and American History Books and DVDs - The South - Black Southerners - Southern History - Slavery Not Cause of Civil War - Right of Secession - War Between the States - World History - World War I - World War II - The World Wars - Bonnie Blue Publishing - Gene Kizer, Jr. - Charleston Athenaeum Press
In March, 1861, as the Northern economy crumbled around him, Abraham Lincoln decided war was his only way out. Lincoln and Fort Sumter by Charles W. Ramsdell Part 1 Lincoln and Fort Sumter is the most famous treatise ever written on how Abraham Lincoln manipulated events in Charleston Harbor to...
www.charlestonathenaeumpress.com
Fort Pickens did not threaten the town of Pensacola as Fort Sumter did Charleston; it was easily accessible from the sea if reinforcements should be decided upon; and there was no such excitement over its continued occupation by the United States troops as there was about Sumter.
Lincoln and Fort Sumter, by Charles W. Ramsdell - Part 2, Conclusion - "Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in hope that it may find a place in history and descend to posterity."-Robert E. Lee - Southern History and American History Books and DVDs - The South - Black Southerners - Southern History - Slavery Not Cause of Civil War - Right of Secession - War Between the States - World History - World War I - World War II - The World Wars - Bonnie Blue Publishing - Gene Kizer, Jr. - Charleston Athenaeum Press
In March to early April, 1861, as the Northern economy crumbled and political disgust with the Republican Party surged, Abraham Lincoln worked hard to start a war he thought would solve his problems overnight. On April 12, 1861, he succeeded. Lincoln and Fort Sumter by Charles W. Ramsdell Part...
www.charlestonathenaeumpress.com
During the afternoon of April 4 Lincoln saw Captain Fox, who was to have charge of the Sumter expedition, and told him of his final determination to send relief to Anderson and that notification of the relief expedition would be sent to the Governor of South Carolina before Fox could possibly arrive off Charleston Harbor.
