Original sentence: " In response, the Confederate cabinet decided at a meeting in Montgomery to open fire on Fort Sumter in an attempt to force its surrender before the relief fleet arrived.Seven states declared their independence from the United States before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president; four more did so after the American Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter when the CSA attacked the USA
Edited sentence: " Lincoln's purpose of reinforcing Fort Sumpter being to continue to colect taxes and tariffs in a CONFEDERATE STATES port.An oddity given that the country had been formed by secession.In response, the Confederate cabinet decided at a meeting in Montgomery to open fire on Fort Sumter in an attempt to force its surrender before the relief fleet arrived.Sending a naval fleat into another countries port without permission is an act of war.Seven states declared their independence from the United States before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president; four more did so after the American Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter when the CSA attacked the USA, to stop the USA from reinforcing it.So who really started the War of Southern Secession