The Southern states had no desire to impose their will upon the North. Probably should not have fired on Fort Sumter then.
‘Probably should not have fired on Fort Sumter then.’
watch it...lots of people on this forum think Lincoln goaded them into it...
In what part of the North is Fort Sumter?
Fort Sumter isn't in the North. It's in the South. It's in their territory. Also, they wouldn't have fired on it if Lincoln hadn't sent the war fleet to attack them, or if Anderson would have agreed not to fire on them.