[PeaRidge]

You said: "The budgets for the Navy Department and the War Department covered it. You want to imply that Lincoln violated the Constitution by appropriating money for the resupply effort instead of Congress. Such an implication is too ludicrous to deserve a reasonable answer."

I don't see you mention the funds Congress approved for the State Department being used for expenses for the Navy Department, and not approved by by Congress.

Therein lies the Constitutional violation, but it would only be the first by that man.

[Non-Sequitur]

I don't see you mention the funds Congress approved for the State Department being used for expenses for the Navy Department, and not approved by by Congress.

I don't see where the Constitution requires Congressional approval for departmental expenditures.

Therein lies the Constitutional violation, but it would only be the first by that man.

Not at all.