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Well, let’s do a fact check then. Feel free to pull out your copy of the “Official Records.”

Who was Gustavus Fox? Was he an active Naval Officer in April of 1861?

Was he ordered onto a ship to sail to Charleston that April, and if so, what date?

What were his orders?

What other ships were ordered to accompany Mr. Fox to Charleston?

What Federal ship was disguised for transit?

Were these vessels traveling in secret?

What Federal ship started firing on civilian shipping as it lay at the entrance to the harbor?

Were Charleston authorities given early warning that Federal ships were on the way?

Was it common knowledge among the people of Charleston that a fleet was coming?

Did the President of the Confederacy state that the new government would protect the city of Charleston from invasion?

Short answer was that yes, Fox was in charge of the relief expedition. Yes they went to Charleston. Yes their sailing was known. Yes the South Carolina authorities knew about it. Yes the Harriet Lane stopped the Nashville before letting it proceed. And yes, the intention of the expidition was to land food and supplies at Charleston and not men or munitions unless the resupply was opposed.

And the point was?