March 30, 1861: Lincoln makes a move.

[Condem]

The President decides to resupply Major Robert Anderson's beleaugered force at Fort Sumter. Charleston newspapers declare the action to mean war.

On a more recent note. While we're on the subject. From this past Saturday's New York Times:
Interior Secreatry Ken Salazar announced on Friday the addition of a 95-acre parcel to the Gettysburg National Military Park. The land, which had been most recently the site of a nine-hole golf course at the former Gettysburg Country Club, will be known by its historical name: the Emanuel Harman Farm. Major fighting occured there on July 1, 1863, the first day of the battle. The National Park Service tried for twenty years to acquire the property, which lies within the boundaries of the 6000-acre park. The country club went out of businesss in 2008. The Conservation Fund, an organization based in Virginia, bought the land in February from a Maryland developer for $1.4 million.

Very cool.