“Had the ships actually done what they were instructed to do before they left, there would have been no pretense possible about this being a “supply” mission.”
What orders were those. None of this “super secret Porter orders” BS. What were the orders that those three ships sailed under.
I'm pretty sure i've posted them to you several times. Do you not remember them? I don't want to look them up again, especially if you are going to forget them again.
To summarize "use entire force to put both men and supplies into Sumter."
Ring a bell?