> This is why many southerners know it as "The War of Northern Aggression." That's called spin/branding. The initial acts of violence and aggression were take

> This is why many southerners know it as "The War of Northern Aggression." That's called spin/branding. The initial acts of violence and aggression were taken by the southern states. The southern states could have chosen a legal or political solution. Instead the CSA decided to unilaterally succeed and then used violence to take a fort that they were unsuccessful in negotiating for.