The Star of the West was a civilian steamship hired by the United States government to transport military supplies and reinforcements to the garrison of Fort Sumter, but was fired on by Confederates in its effort to do so at the dawning of the American Civil War. The ship was a substitute for the USS Brooklyn, an armed screw sloop which continued to escort the Star of the West on its journey.
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