Probably none of them mention the war fleet. I had never heard of it until about three years ago. For some reason, it doesn't seem to get mentioned in any of the history books i've read over the years. I wonder why?
Perhaps it confuses people as to how the war started, and it doesn't make the good guys look so good?
They're all biographies of Taney so they may have mentioned Sumter in passing, if at all. Taney really had nothing to do with it.
I had never heard of it until about three years ago. For some reason, it doesn't seem to get mentioned in any of the history books i've read over the years. I wonder why?
Two possible reasons. One, the history books you were reading were not on the rebellion. Or two, they may have referred to it by a more accurate term. Resupply effort, supply ships, something like that.
Perhaps it confuses people as to how the war started, and it doesn't make the good guys look so good?
I can think of a couple of people around here who are obviously pretty confused.
“For some reason, it doesn’t seem to get mentioned in any of the history books i’ve read over the years”.
Not sure what you read for Civil War History, but Nevins in his 9 volume opus, Foote in his 3 volume work, Hattaway in several of his books all mention warships being sent to escort the supply ships to Sumter. Now they do not employ the melodramatic “war fleet” as you do, but they state warships accompanied the supply ships