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... away , in charge of a solitary sergeant , on an island less than a mile from the city ; Fort Moultrie , feebly garrisoned and completely at the mercy of attackers on its landward side ; and Fort Johnson over 1 THE CLASH: 1861 Page.
... away , in charge of a solitary sergeant , on an island less than a mile from the city ; Fort Moultrie , feebly garrisoned and completely at the mercy of attackers on its landward side ; and Fort Johnson over 1 THE CLASH: 1861 Page.
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... mile away . The proper war garrison of all the forts should have been over a thousand men . The actual garrison including officers , band , and the Castle Pinckney sergeant was less than a hundred . It was , how- ever , loyal to the ...
... mile away . The proper war garrison of all the forts should have been over a thousand men . The actual garrison including officers , band , and the Castle Pinckney sergeant was less than a hundred . It was , how- ever , loyal to the ...
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... mile northwest of Moultrie , farther up the harbor , stood the Mount Pleasant battery , nearly two miles off from Sumter . At half - past four , in the first faint light of a gray morning , a sudden spurt of flame shot out from Fort ...
... mile northwest of Moultrie , farther up the harbor , stood the Mount Pleasant battery , nearly two miles off from Sumter . At half - past four , in the first faint light of a gray morning , a sudden spurt of flame shot out from Fort ...
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... miles in from Sum- ter , of which and of the attacking batteries it had a perfect view . But Sumter remained as silent as the grave . Anderson decided not to return the fire till it was broad daylight . In the meantime all ranks went to ...
... miles in from Sum- ter , of which and of the attacking batteries it had a perfect view . But Sumter remained as silent as the grave . Anderson decided not to return the fire till it was broad daylight . In the meantime all ranks went to ...
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... North was up , that the Seventh had marched through miles of cheering patriots in New York , and that these two fine regiments were only the vanguard of a host . X X But just a week before Lincoln experienced this 2 THE CLASH : 1861 17.
... North was up , that the Seventh had marched through miles of cheering patriots in New York , and that these two fine regiments were only the vanguard of a host . X X But just a week before Lincoln experienced this 2 THE CLASH : 1861 17.
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