re: Civil War Confederate veteran interview

The South was getting mixed messages on intentions of what would be done with the forts, the US military got to Sumter by abandoning Moultrie and spiking its guns in the middle of the night, and new soldiers to do what exactly? Remember, the US government being an agent of SC’s defense had been revoked. The US wasn’t acting in an open and honest way in many respects as far as I can tell.