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[chamberlain20me]

Jefferson Davis

 

[snoopy]

Jefferson Davis made this remark in a speech in Jackson, Mississippi on Dec. 26, 1862.

 

[snoopy]

Jefferson Davis made this remark in a speech in Jackson, Mississippi on Dec. 26, 1862.

 

[connyankee]

Jefferson Davis (In a speech to the Mississippi State Legislature Dec. 26, 1862)

 

[aggie80]

Jefferson Davis, after the failed attempts to acquire European support for the cause.

 

[lorrierivette]

Jefferson Davis said "Put not your trust in princes and rest not your hopes on foreign nations. This war is ours; we must fight it out ourselves" in his Speech at Jackson Mississippi on D3ec.26th, 1862.
Lorrie

 

[stonewall89]

was it by any chance Jefferson Davis???


Josh

 

[skirmish]

Jefferson Davis

 

[rebrick]

Jefferson Davis-Speech at Jackson,Mississippi
House Chamber
Mississippi Capital
December 26,1862

 

[hoosier]

Sounds like something Jefferson Davis would have said.

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Yesterday's Question: Who said, "Put not your trust in princes and rest not your hopes on foreign nations. This war is ours; we must fight it out ourselves"? Jefferson Davis

Here is Today's Question, Worth One Point:

Who was the commander on the USS Star of the West when the ship was fired upon while attempting to supply Union troops at Fort Sumter on January 9, 1861?

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[crowbar]

Captain John McGowan

 

[belletraveler]

Capt. John F. McGowan.

Belle

 

[skirmishgirl]

John McGowan

 

[aggie80]

Captain John McGowan, USRM

 

[snoopy]

Captain John McGowan commanded the USS Star of the West at Fort Sumter.

 

[connyankee]

Captain John McGowan, of the U.S. Revenue Marine (Coast Guard) commanded the Star of the West, an unarmed side-wheel freighter chartered by the federal government and manned by merchant seamen. They were carrying Federal soldiers (commanded by Lt. Charles R. Woods, of the U.S. Ninth Infantry) and military supplies.

 

[rebrick]

Captain John McGowan

 

[raggedrebel]

John McGowan was master of the vessel, but he was a civilian. 1st.Lt. Charles R. Woods was in charge of the detachment of soldiers, which he kept hidden below decks.

RR )

 

[lorrierivette]

McGowan was commanding a lumbering, unarmed side-wheel freighter manned by merchant seamen but carrying Federal soldiers and military supplies. This ship was far different from the swift, armed revenue cutters in which he had pursued slavers, smugglers, and pirates.
Now, on January 9, 1861, as skipper of the Federal-chartered merchantman Star of the West, he was attempting to bring supplies and reinforcements to the besieged Union garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
From http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/Civil_War_Strobridge.html
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