[Ditto]

The attached link is the Confederate version of events and there is zero mention of troops on board.

Firing on the Star of the West

[DiogenesLamp]

The attached link is the Confederate version of events and there is zero mention of troops on board.

You aren't trying hard enough. Clearly, most sources don't want people to know about the troops, because it undercuts the narrative, but over the years I have found multiple sources that mention the troops.

I just found this one, though it doesn't go into as much detail as others i've found in the past.

https://www2.tulane.edu/~sumter/StarOfTheWest.html

[DiogenesLamp]

And here is another.

https://grokipedia.com/page/Star_of_the_West

And I hope you find it curious that so many sources don't mention the troops. Maybe it will get you to realizing that much of this history has been sanitized to reflect better on the winning side.

[DiogenesLamp]

Here is another one. This time it says 250 troops.

https://nyslibrary.libguides.com/cwillustrations/starwest

It also says that the people in Charleston had been warned of her coming by Telegraph.