[rustbucket]

The Star of the West was trying to bring supplies to Sumter.

Nice try. The Star of the West was bringing troops to reinforce Fort Sumter.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
New York, January 5, 1861.

Major T. H. HOLMES,
Eighth Infantry,
Superintendent Recruiting Service, Fort Columbus:

SIR: By direction of the General-in-Chief, you will detach this evening two hundred of the best-instructed men at Fort Columbus, by the steamship Star of the West, to re-enforce the garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

They will be furnished with arms, and, if possible, one hundred rounds of ammunition per man. Orders will be given to the proper officers of the staff department to furnish one hundred stand of spare arms and subsistence for three months.

The officers assigned to duty with the detachment are Lieuts. C. R. Woods, Ninth Infantry; W. A. Webb, Fifth Infantry; C. W. Thomas, First Infantry, and Asst. Surg. P. G. S. Ten Broeck, Medical Department, all of whom will report for duty to Major Anderson, commanding Fort Sumter.

Yours,

L. THOMAS.

[Non-Sequitur]

It was bringing supplies as well. And what of the Rhoda Shannon? What was it’s crime? It might be bringing ice cream to the garrison?

[stand watie]

once more, you catch Non-Sequiter doing what he does BEST = DECEIVING the UNwary & naive & spewing DAMNyankee PROPAGANDA onto the forum, which he KNOWS to be FALSE/incomplete/MISleading/DISHONEST.

GOOD SHOW!!!

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