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To: TexConfederate1861
Yes, and if you read the account, the fort was in flames, and at one point in danger of it's magazine exploding. Sounds like that Southern Artillery was pretty good.

It also doesn't sound like courtesy or gallantry, Southern or otherwise. More like a deliberate attempt at killing every man in the fort.

984 posted on 12/04/2006 12:33:11 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

Wrong again. Upon seeing the fort in flames, and sensing the danger to the garrison, Col. Louis Wigfall of Texas, rowed over in a launch to inquire if assistance was needed. The bombardment was stopped at that time. Sounds pretty d*mn gallant to me.


993 posted on 12/04/2006 5:36:54 PM PST by TexConfederate1861 ("Having a picture of John Wayne doesn't make you a Texan :) ")
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