WHEN exactly? - January 9 and April 3 repectively.
under what circumstances?? - The Star of the West was trying to bring supplies to Sumter. The Rhoda Shannon was a merchantman with a load of ice which wandered into Charleston Harbor. When challenged she raised the U.S. flag and then was fired upon.
POSITIVE proof please. - Here and Here and any number of history books.
see, N-S, 2 can play that game - Yes, but only one of us actually comes up with the facts. If I were you I'd swear, call you names, and then claim the information was posted by fortherepublic some time last year and that I didn't have the time to look it up for you.
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.