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CSA President Jefferson Davis called a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Fort Sumter, President Davis had repeatedly gave orders to General PGT Beauregard for the Federal officials to withdraw or surrender the fort to the Confederates. Davis did everything from compensation for the forts and a peace treaty but his Northern counterpart, Abraham Lincoln rejected it. Davis said that if they didn't give up the fort to reduce it everyone in the cabinet agreed with Davis except Secretary of State Robert Toombs, Toombs told Davis that the attack "Will lose us every friend in the North ,you will only strike a hornet's nest, Legions now quiet will swarn out in sting us to death, it is unnecessary, it puts us in the wrong, it is fatal." Davis after careful thought agreed with Toombs and told Francis W Pickens to tell Beauregard to do nothing as "If we fire first, then the act of aggression will be on our heads and we might have hanged this Confederacy."
Fort Sumter- April 12th ,1861
The ships entered with supplies without harm. To Gustavus Fox's surprise, the Confederate Army did nothing but watch. When word reached Lincoln of what happened at Fort Sumter he was flustered, he would have thought Davis would have given the order to be bombarded the fort, Davis called his bluff and he knew it would become a staring contest between the Union and the Confederacy, each one waiting for the other to Blink who would fire the first shot?
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Chapter 1: 1861-1900
Montgomery, Alabama- April 9th, 1861
CSA President Jefferson Davis called a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Fort Sumter, President Davis had repeatedly gave orders to General PGT Beauregard for the Federal officials to withdraw or surrender the fort to the Confederates. Davis did everything from compensation for the forts and a peace treaty but his Northern counterpart, Abraham Lincoln rejected it. Davis said that if they didn't give up the fort to reduce it everyone in the cabinet agreed with Davis except Secretary of State Robert Toombs, Toombs told Davis that the attack "Will lose us every friend in the North ,you will only strike a hornet's nest, Legions now quiet will swarn out in sting us to death, it is unnecessary, it puts us in the wrong, it is fatal." Davis after careful thought agreed with Toombs and told Francis W Pickens to tell Beauregard to do nothing as "If we fire first, then the act of aggression will be on our heads and we might have hanged this Confederacy."
Fort Sumter- April 12th ,1861
The ships entered with supplies without harm. To Gustavus Fox's surprise, the Confederate Army did nothing but watch. When word reached Lincoln of what happened at Fort Sumter he was flustered, he would have thought Davis would have given the order to be bombarded the fort, Davis called his bluff and he knew it would become a staring contest between the Union and the Confederacy, each one waiting for the other to Blink who would fire the first shot?
All right I'll take any ideas where should I go from here, guys what would happen next let me know with feedback.
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