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What if the United States were the ones who fired the first shots in the American Civil War, and thus would be seen as the aggressors?

Would we see more border states whom IOTL were very split in fact lurch towards the Confederacy? If so which states may secede alongside the Confederacy? Might we see Kentucky leave the Union for the Confederates? If so could this encourage other states such as Delaware or Maryland to secede also?

Also how would this effect international opinion on the Civil War, might we see Britain and France getting more involved with the Union being seen as the aggressive nation here? With the Confederates being romanticized as the poor underdog of America, while their northern neighbour throws its weight around?
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