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If SC seceded, Fort Sumter wasnt in US territory. It was Confederate territory. They shot at trespassers.THE STATES WERE ALREADY IN REBELLION. Where did you go to school?
States seceding: South Carolina Seceded 12/1860. The other states followed.
Secession in the United States - Wikipedia
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Enemy soldiers attacked US troops on US territory. 4/12/1861
Battle of Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked the military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, starting the United States Civil War.education.nationalgeographic.org
Blockade proclaimed 4/19/1861. Blockad started July 1861.
The tyrant sending troops into an enemies territory was an act of war.