To: stainlessbanner
The 600 officers (583, actually) were put in the stockade under fire
as retaliation for the Confederates putting Federal officers under fire in
downtown Charleston, in order (so it was thought) to discourage Union
artillerists from shelling the city.
45 posted on
04/27/2004 9:14:41 AM PDT by
WhiskeyPapa
(Virtue is the uncontested prize.)
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