And the War Came

We learned a bit about the beginning of the Civil War. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln did not want to make the first move against the South. He refused to be seen as the "aggressor". He purposely forced the South to make the first move so that they would be seen as the "aggressors". Fort Sumter, a place where a couple of battles were fought, was surrounded by Confederate forces and occupied with Northern troops. As soon as South Carolina found out that Abraham Lincoln was going to be President, they immediately backed out. They wanted nothing to do with Lincoln. Lincoln thought of many strategic ways to avoid firing the first shot. Both the Confederate President Davis and Abraham Lincoln agreed to not fire at each others ships when they arrived. Obviously, something had to go wrong and that lead to Davis firing the first shot. Abraham Lincoln sent in a ship that was ONLY carrying water and food for the troops. The ship did not carry any ammunition or any weapons. General Lee was a very tactical general. He focused more on winning the battles and he handled the troops in front of his opponents. On the other hand, General Grant wanted to quickly win the battles that he fought. One thing that both General Lee and General Grant had in common was that they were both willing to take risks and both of them weren't afraid of failure. General McClellan was AFRAID of failure. But just because he was afraid of failure, that didn't mean he was a "horrible" general. General McClellan was an intelligent and very strategic general. Although, Lincoln did in fact get mad because McClellan would not attack and that meant Lincoln couldn't win the war. In order to accept success, one has to accept failure first.