“Seems kinda odd that you would snip off the salient point from your wiki quote.”
Seems kinda odd that a statement qualified with “effectively” would be seen as the salient point.
Where are the goal posts? First it was Sumpter that saw the first shots, now it’s some military school boys popping away at a ship—from the shore, one supposes.
I wonder if any of their bullets actually struck the ship.
Sure seems like you didn’t even read the very short wiki piece. Else you wouldn’t be wondering. Seems as like you just clipped what you thought would best support your notions and then followed it with your own personal editorializing.
“Now it is some school boys popping away at a ship-from shore”.
The battery at Morris Island was equipped with 8 inch guns.
The “School Boys” fired under the orders of an officer of the South Carolina Militia.
“I wonder if the bullets actually struck the ship.”
8 inch artillery projectiles are not bullets. Star of the West was hit 3 times by the guns on Morris Island. But she was not seriously damaged and no crewman were injured.