alt.war.civil.usa

"Ray O'Hara" writes:


> because you make it sound like it was the northern response that caused the
> war.
> that's like blamig the u.s. for the pacwar for declaring war after pearl
> harbor.

I'm not talking about blaming. I'm taking about who did what.

> the south fired on ft sumter because they desired war. they felt contempt
> for the north and thought a war would be a unifying force.
> they just miscalculated who it would unify more.

The north could have negotiated a peaceful settlement. They didn't do
that for their own reasons. They could have negotiated a turnover of
Sumter. They didn't do that.

So, a North determination to enforce US supremacy over the seceded
states was a cause of the war.


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Hugh Lawson
hlawson@triad.rr.com