[Partisan Gunslinger]

Too funny! Thousands of troops? Such hyperbole! You do know, I assume, that there were more federal troops -- which includes federal naval assets -- in the vicinity of Ft. Sumter than CSA troops, don't you? And I'm talking about formal military troops, not civilians with their dander up.

You're saying that were were not 3000+ troops surrounding Fort Sumter? I've read between 3000 and 6000.

[ought-six]

Beauregard had 50 cannon and mortars. According to your reasoning (you said he had between 3,000 and 6,000 troops), each gun had between a 60-man crew and a 120-man crew.