[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp to Bull Snipe: "That is old and tedious.
Examine the message from G.V. Fox I just previously posted.
Whatever you think, he clearly understands that his orders include the use of force.
He kept lamenting the fact that the Powhatan and it's guns were not available to enable the mission."

Again, DiogenesLamp hasn't read his own material.
Fox clearly indicated his use of force was only authorized if war had already begun, which he immediately noted it had.
Confederates were firing on Fort Sumter!
So much for peaceful resupply.

Sure, Fox lamented Powhatan's absence, but that was not critical, he could still complete his mission if Maj. Anderson held out long enough, but he didn't.

All of which DiogenesLamp would understand with just a little more effort and a little less Lost Causer bias.

[HandyDandy]

”All of which DiogenesLamp would understand with just a little more effort and a little less Lost Causer bias.”

That is not likely to happen anytime soon. He refuses to read anything that conflicts with his preconceived notions. He can’t even understand that Welles (who ran the Fort Sumter operation) and Seward (who ran the Fort Pickens operation) both thought they had the Powhatan available to them, for their separate missions. He bends over backwards to attribute this to the maniacal genius of Pres. Lincoln’s trickery. It is time for DL to turn on his lamp.