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If you awoke one night and saw someone seeking into your bedroom with a loaded gun, who would likely fire the first shot? Would you wait until he fired before attempting to defend yourself and your family? That would be utter foolishness.
He who fires the first shot is not always the aggressor.
ETA: Sorry redhen. *shamed thread hijacker face*
So Fort Sumter was getting ready to invade Charleston? I've been there quite a few times, would have been a long swim for the yankees to sneek into anybody's bedroom.
Steve
There's another thing - Charleston was one of the Confederacy's most important seaports. The guns it already had would allow it to effectively blockade Charleston, and the guns the ships were carrying would have easily allowed a bombardment of Charleston itself. I've been to Charleston many times, and it's NOT a long flight for a cannonball.
Also, TM, that analogy was brilliant. I didn't know you were interested in this kind of stuff.
If you awoke one night and saw someone seeking into your bedroom with a loaded gun, who would likely fire the first shot? Would you wait until he fired before attempting to defend yourself and your family? That would be utter foolishness.
He who fires the first shot is not always the aggressor.
ETA: Sorry redhen. *shamed thread hijacker face*
So Fort Sumter was getting ready to invade Charleston? I've been there quite a few times, would have been a long swim for the yankees to sneek into anybody's bedroom.

Steve
There's another thing - Charleston was one of the Confederacy's most important seaports. The guns it already had would allow it to effectively blockade Charleston, and the guns the ships were carrying would have easily allowed a bombardment of Charleston itself. I've been to Charleston many times, and it's NOT a long flight for a cannonball.
Also, TM, that analogy was brilliant. I didn't know you were interested in this kind of stuff.