[jeffersondem]

“. . . the decision for war was made by Jefferson Davis at Fort Sumter, exactly equivalent to the Japanese decision for war at Pearl Harbor.”

You are wrong about Fort Sumter being a sneak attack by Confederates. Start with that.

[BroJoeK]

Jeffersondem: "You are wrong about Fort Sumter being a sneak attack by Confederates. Start with that."

You are wrong about Fort Sumter being an attack by Lincoln on Confederates.
Sneak attack or not, Confederates began their assault on Union troops in Union Fort Sumter, just as Japanese attacked Americans at Pearl Harbor.
And the result was the same: they started war on the United States.