You refer to post 988 as mine. I did not post that.
Several sources flatly state that 10 ships left the New York area under orders to sail south.
An 11th, the Niagara was sent out to deliver a change of orders of one that had sailed.
You cannot use the forum poster's point to suit your purposes because it is a posting reply to another on his discussion list to provide a clarification, the opposite of your posting....which is obfuscation.
Now, you can try to manipulate changes by citing the number that were actually sent, or arrived, or were diverted by storms, or whatever you like.
The fact that Lincoln engaged in secret plans to send a fleet South is not disputed by either the Official Records or his own dispatches.
But of course you can disagree all you like.
No, I'm using your posts to highlight the fact that obfuscation is your stock in trade. You post on link claiming 11 ships. You post another showing only 8. You post 2,000 troops at one instance and a few hundred in another. Your claims are all over the board and it's hard to keep up with them. And now from out of left field you're tossing in the Niagara. So where did that one come from?