re: Civil War Confederate veteran interview

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It’s embarrassing that you’re oblivious one of the most widely accepted historic truths that historians agree upon is that Lincoln masterfully maneuvered the South to fire the first shots of the war. It’s still recognized as a brilliant political move on his part.

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Beauregard, Pickens, and Davis knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Fort Sumter would soon run out of food. Lincoln told Pickens that fact. Anderson himself told South Carolina's representatives that his garrison would run out of food in less than a week.

With these unassailable facts in hand, Davis, Pickens, and Beauregard decided to open fire on Fort Sumter.