Lincoln and Ft. Sumter

[L Verge]

Thank you to all for answers on both sides of the issue. One thing that your posts will do when I present them to my grandson to study is to prove that the central issues that sent our country into a civil war still have not been satisfactorily resolved in 150 years. If that's not a good history lesson, I don't know what is!

I especially appreciate the citations from Stampp, Catton, Foote, and Doubleday that will help support what his teacher said could not be documented. They may not be primary sources (except for Doubleday), but they are some pretty good secondary sources to quote. Of course, this is probably only one element of his final essay. Stay tuned for more - I trust my friends on this site more than I trust sending Aaron online, and I suspect that a middle school library will not be of much help.