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Frederick  writes: |
He did the right thing – resupply the garrison to force the Rebs to decide whether or not to fire the first shot – I am not sure that reinforcement would help all that much, given the size of Ford Sumter and that reinforcements would be just more mouths to feed |
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| VOTING RESULTS | |||
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
resupply and reinforce the garrison | 50 | 42% |  |
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resupply the garrison | 47 | 39% | |
withdraw the force | 19 | 16% | |
other (explain) | 4 | 3% | |
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In the April issue of Naval History magazine, Craig L. Symonds writes:On his first day in office, President Abraham Lincoln faced one of his most vexing problems: Should he despatch a naval expedition to resupply the besieged garrison at Fort Sumter, or simply withdraw the force?What should Lincoln have done? Poll set up by |
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