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Hi list,
I've been wondering something for a while and would like your input..Why was the reaction of the Northern community so vastly different in their reactions between the attack on the Star of the West and the firing on Ft. Sumter.. Was it because the fort was more in the news and ended up being a symbol of the struggle between the demands of the South and the North not conceding anymore to them? Or is there more to it..Here you have a ship carrying men and supplies flying the American flag being fired on by multiple batteries and yet there is hardly a reaction in the North to it.. Or was it that there were so many rumors and gossip flying around that this just seemed to be another one and the public was numb to them..The South seemed to be proud that they fired the first shot at an American ship, but in the North hardly a whisper.Any ideas?
I've been wondering something for a while and would like your input..Why was the reaction of the Northern community so vastly different in their reactions between the attack on the Star of the West and the firing on Ft. Sumter.. Was it because the fort was more in the news and ended up being a symbol of the struggle between the demands of the South and the North not conceding anymore to them? Or is there more to it..Here you have a ship carrying men and supplies flying the American flag being fired on by multiple batteries and yet there is hardly a reaction in the North to it.. Or was it that there were so many rumors and gossip flying around that this just seemed to be another one and the public was numb to them..The South seemed to be proud that they fired the first shot at an American ship, but in the North hardly a whisper.Any ideas?