Conversation so far:
Which war broke out?
Civil War.
What did Seward do in the war?
Seward sent Lincoln a memorandum on April 1, proposing various courses of action, including possibly declaring war on France and Spain.
Why war with those countries?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did he communicate with Lincoln other times during the war?
met with Seward instead, and what passed between them is not known.
Anything else interesting with Lincoln?
Lincoln was loath to give up Sumter, feeling it would only encourage the South in its insurgency.

Question: ANything else about Sumter?
Self-contained rewrite: BesidesLincoln being loathe to give up during the civil war, anything else about Sumter?