Board Thread:New on Alternative History/@comment-72.185.4.15-20130303025616/@comment-6884305-20130305132807

Now it seems as though we are just disagreeing over terminology. You are saying that secession started the war, while I would say there was no war until Lincoln decided to resist secession by calling up troops. I believe that initially Lincoln told Anderson at Fort Sumter to hold out, but not to fire back. Even sending reinforcements to Sumter was seen as a big incitement.