So your argument is that Anderson didn't know what he was talking about?
But Anderson surrendered after just 34 hours and so Lincoln's plan to resupply Fort Sumter came to naught.
Wells had sent him authorization to surrender. Sumter D@mn near blew up when a fire was licking the timbers outside of their powder storage. You think he should have held out longer? You make insinuations about him being conflicted because he was a Kentuckian? Wasn't Lincoln from Kentucky? Didn't Kentucky remain a Union state?
Sure, since we're told Beauregard knew he only had 48 hours worth of ammunition and Anderson held out only 34 hours.
Another 24 hours would have revealed for all the see the weakness of Beauregard's assault.
But Anderson didn't know and so snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, so to speak.
DiogenesLamp: "Wells had sent him authorization to surrender.
Sumter D@mn near blew up when a fire was licking the timbers outside of their powder storage. "
So now you're going to defend Maj. Anderson??
Well, then remember that under Confederate occupation Fort Sumter held out for years against Union bombardment which reduced the fort to rubble, but never forced its surrender.
So, if Confederates could hold out for years under much more intense bombardment than Anderson's men saw, then perhaps Anderson could hold out a few more days to give the Fox/Lincoln plan time to work.
DiogenesLamp: "You make insinuations about him being conflicted because he was a Kentuckian?
Wasn't Lincoln from Kentucky?
Didn't Kentucky remain a Union state?"
History records that something was wrong with Anderson, leading to his relief from command in Kentucky during the war.
I suspect that like other Kentuckians, Anderson was somewhat conflicted, rendering him ineffective.
You may remember that Kentucky supplied troops for both Union and Confederates, on the order of three to one, suggesting a large number must have been conflicted & split in their loyalties.