[WhiskeyPapa]

Actually it was intended as a surprise. Lincoln promised Pickens a food-only mission, but sent a fleet of warships with other instructions knowing fully well that the southerners would not let them in the harbor.

This is substantially incorrect. More later.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

This is substantially incorrect. More later.

Haven't you learned your lesson yet, Walt? Simply declaring something false on a whim does not make it so.