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To: DiogenesLamp; DoodleDawg; x; rockrr
DiogenesLamp: "Mister history buff. Find out how many cannon batteries were held in reserve to deal with the attacking fleet.
Then tell me if you think those ships could have survived that."

According to this source, the total was fewer than 50 Confederate cannon, though seems to me I've seen other sources saying hundreds.
Anderson had 60 cannon, though only 21 available for use.

By the way, I notice from this source that Fox did send resupply boats to Fort Sumter, but they were turned back by Confederate fire.
So the intention was to send them again, in the dark on April 12.
That didn't work, only because of high seas, and by the next night Anderson had surrendered.

So the point here is: only bad weather prevented Fox from completing his mission to resupply Fort Sumter before Anderson surrendered on April 13, 1861.

Lincoln's resupply mission was far from impossible or unrealistic, simply suffered from bad weather & poor timing.

No good reason to read more into it.

274 posted on 11/23/2017 10:21:49 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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275 posted on 11/27/2017 12:06:58 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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