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To: WhiskeyPapa
"In the specific case of Fort Sumter, in 1827, the Secretary of War, a man named John C. Calhoun (!) had approved the construction of a new fort in the harbor. The first appropriations were made by Congress in 1828 and construction started on the harbor shoal.

That's an interesting claim, Walt, except that we are not talking about the seizure of Fort Sumter, which did not occur until after all diplomatic efforts had been refused by The Lincoln. We are talking about the other forts - the ones that Anderson abandoned when he moved into Sumter - Forts Moultrie, Johnson, and Castle Pinckney. All of them were from revolutionary days or before.

629 posted on 09/16/2003 8:20:50 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
We're talking about you passing any sort of wrong information you think will mitigate the traitors' actions.

Walt

630 posted on 09/16/2003 8:24:30 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa (Virtue is the uncontested prize.)
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