Attack On Ft.Sumter

It was midday and the shells from the iron ships were still raining down upon us while we waited and tried our best to return fire with the cannons. The supplies promised by our captains haven't arrived yet and most of the men are becoming solomn and the moral is very low. So far we haven't been able to push the Rebels away any further. It seems increasingly difficult to return fire when they stay out of our cannons range. We've been told that reinforcements arn't going to be coming, so while we stay here and wait for some type of reprieve from the attack we pray that something will happen to slow down the destruction of this stone prison we have become prisoners of. Lincoln has refused to send any type of military aid, and many of the men have been very open about their new founf opinions of him after hearing this desicion. But I believe he may have a reason that he has seen that we may not understand. All I know is that if this attack continues much longer it really won't matter for any of us.

During the attack of Fourt Sumter President Lincoln had to consider whether or not to send military troops to aid those in the fort. As he pondered this question he realized that if he did send an army into the South they would see it as a blatent attack and the Civil War would have started right then and there. Well, Lincoln knew this so he decided upon aiding the troops more vaguely by sending extra supplies and more items needed by the men occupying the fort. By doing this he proved that you don't need a military presents to help bring order back into a situation. Just by helping the men inside the fort be bale to stay there longer and eventually wait out the atttack the southern rebels finally gave up.