[Non-Sequitur]

What was secret was the fact that the “Star of the West” was carrying WEAPONS.

And troops. Wasn't much of a secret.

By the way that Yankee ship is sitting at the bottom of Galveston Bay, sent there by the C.S.S. Alabama :) (before her demise by the Union Navy)

I think you're thinking of the USS Hatteras, which was sunk by the Alabama off Galveston in January 1863. What's left of the Star of the West is on the bottom of the Tallahatchie where the rebs sank her to block the river.

The Hatteras, by the way, was one of only two actual warships the Alabama faced. Her record is one for two.

[TexConfederate1861]

OOPs! LOL. You are right, NS. It was the Hatteras. She just ran into one that was more heavily armed. I guess my memory is not what it used to be. :)