Board Thread:New on Alternative History/@comment-72.185.4.15-20130303025616/@comment-6884305-20130305135912

Cadets from the Citadel fire on resupply ships headed for Ft. Sumter on Jan. 9.

Seven states secede by February.

Bombardment starts April 12. About three hours later, Ft. Sumter started firing back.

April 15, Lincoln calls for troops. Four more states secede.

So, once again there was a confederacy, followed by war.