06-24-2015, 12:24 PM
(06-24-2015, 11:56 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Half of the state wanted to do something illegal, yea. They would have been wrong if they did.
Also, the South illegally attacked the Union first. Nothing about what they did was legal.
The Southern viewpoint is that they offered them the option of vacating the fort peacefully, thus removing themselves from their territory. They informed the federal government than resupplying would be considered a hostile action. Then Lincoln sent supply ships.
Like I've said, the American Revolution was illegal as well, we just don't view it as such because we like the outcome. In the mind of the Southerners the Union was a hostile, invading force.
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