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... defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were three minor forts : Castle Pinckney , dozing away , in charge of a solitary sergeant , on an island ...
... defenses , being of vital con- sequence to both sides , were soon to attract the strained attention of the whole country . There were three minor forts : Castle Pinckney , dozing away , in charge of a solitary sergeant , on an island ...
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... defense . Next morning Charleston was furious and began to prepare for attack . The South Carolina authorities at once took formal possession of Pinckney and Moultrie ; and three days later seized the United States Ar- senal in ...
... defense . Next morning Charleston was furious and began to prepare for attack . The South Carolina authorities at once took formal possession of Pinckney and Moultrie ; and three days later seized the United States Ar- senal in ...
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... defense of Union property . Next morning Slemmer and his fifty faithful men were landed on Santa Rosa Island , just one mile across the bay , where the dilapidated old Fort Pickens stood forlorn . Two days later the Com- modore ...
... defense of Union property . Next morning Slemmer and his fifty faithful men were landed on Santa Rosa Island , just one mile across the bay , where the dilapidated old Fort Pickens stood forlorn . Two days later the Com- modore ...
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... defense of my native State I never desire again to draw my sword . " The three great motives which finally deter- mined his momentous course of action were : first , his aversion from taking any part in coercing the home folks of ...
... defense of my native State I never desire again to draw my sword . " The three great motives which finally deter- mined his momentous course of action were : first , his aversion from taking any part in coercing the home folks of ...
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... defensive means as well as by the " on to Rich- mond " march . Patterson was therefore obliged to watch the Federal ... defense was to destroy the enemy's means of destroying them , and that his greatest force of fighting men , not any ...
... defensive means as well as by the " on to Rich- mond " march . Patterson was therefore obliged to watch the Federal ... defense was to destroy the enemy's means of destroying them , and that his greatest force of fighting men , not any ...
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