To: DiogenesLamp
If she was flying an America flag, she would have been fired on by the Charleston batteries.
To: Bull Snipe
If she was flying an America flag, she would have been fired on by the Charleston batteries. Maybe, but sporting cannons, it was guaranteed to be fired upon.
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06/03/2019 1:03:33 PM PDT by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no o<ither sovereignty.")
To: Bull Snipe
If she was flying an America flag, she would have been fired on by the Charleston batteries. True that. A simple coastal schooner, the Rhoda Shannon, happened into Charleston harbor flying the Stars and Stripes and the Confederate batteries fired on it.
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