Was the Star of the West’s "real" mission to resupply or reinforce Ft Sumter?
Did Lincoln use the Star of the West to deliberately provoke the Civil War?
To what extent did Lincoln recognize the likelyhood of War when he sent the relief mission to resupply (or reinforce) Ft. Sumter?
Who was the true aggressor Beauregard who fired the first shot, or Lincoln who (per Alexander Stephens) rendered force necessary?
You can probably think of many more, but these are the sorts of questions I had in mind.