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There never would have been an American Civil War if the south hadn't betrayed the country and fired on Fort Sumter.
Lincoln betrayed the United States, not the South Fort Sumter was South Carolina territory, and federal troops were trespassing on it. Lincoln committed a further act of war by sending ships into South Carolina waters to resupply the fort.