The USS Harriet Lane.
No, that would the rebels firing on the Star of the West In January. The Lane was fired upon on April 12-13.
Liar.
Who organized an army of 100,000?
Both sides.
Well, that is an improvement. It's only a half lie.
The rebels called for an army of 100,000 when the U.S. Army was only @ 17,000.
That the Star was fired on in January was in the timeline I provided in the note to which you responded.
You can't even be rational, let alone objective.
Walt
The star of the west was one of dozens of isolated confrontations and skirmishes in the months proceding the war. It was not during the war though any more than John Brown's raid was during the war. The Harriet Lane fired the first shot of the war itself on the evening before Fort Sumter.
Well, that is an improvement. It's only a half lie.
No. Not really. Its a simple matter of fact regarding the war. Both sides raised armies of a huge size. The confederates raised theirs in anticipation of an attack. The yankees raised theirs to make that attack.
The rebels called for an army of 100,000 when the U.S. Army was only @ 17,000.
Yeah, and The Lincoln quickly called for 75,000 more giving him an army of identical strength. That army quickly got its tail kicked when it tried to march on Richmond by way of Manassas.
You can't even be rational, let alone objective.
A statement of that kind by you is akin to a lecture on the sin of adultery by Jesse Jackson.