What if Lewis Powell's gun had fired?

[MaddieM]

Laurie,

With all due respect, I have read a great deal on Sumter, and I am well aware of what you're talking about. It doesn't hold water.

Best
Rob

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Neither did Lincoln or Seward. The firing upon Fort Sumter in 1861 was spearheaded by secessionists, of which Booth and Powell etc., supported...one in uniform, the other out.

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Rob

The attack on Fort Sumter, was that because the Union were on Confederacy land and refused to get out?

No, it was because South Carolinians refused to realize that they were illegally trying to hold onto FEDERAL property.

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Rob

Could you expand on that point, please?