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... whole country . There were three minor forts : Castle Pinckney , dozing 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 ...
... whole country . There were three minor forts : Castle Pinckney , dozing 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 ...
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... whole place was at sixes and sevens , and anything might have happened . In the midst of this confusion the colonel com- manding the Second Regiment of United States Cavalry arrived from Fort Mason . He was on his way to Washington ...
... whole place was at sixes and sevens , and anything might have happened . In the midst of this confusion the colonel com- manding the Second Regiment of United States Cavalry arrived from Fort Mason . He was on his way to Washington ...
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... get , and was followed by an admirable burst . Then all the converging batteries opened full ; while the whole population of perfervid Charleston rushed out of doors to throng their beautiful East Battery , THE CLASH : 1861 13.
... get , and was followed by an admirable burst . Then all the converging batteries opened full ; while the whole population of perfervid Charleston rushed out of doors to throng their beautiful East Battery , THE CLASH : 1861 13.
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... and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had prac- tically made the whole Missouri River a Federal line of communication as well as a barrier between would - be Confederates to the north and south of 28 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had prac- tically made the whole Missouri River a Federal line of communication as well as a barrier between would - be Confederates to the north and south of 28 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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... whole of that strategic area ; for Boonville was the center to which pro - Southern Missourians were flocking . The tide of battle was to go against the Federals at Wilson's Creek in the southwest of the State , and even at Lexington on ...
... whole of that strategic area ; for Boonville was the center to which pro - Southern Missourians were flocking . The tide of battle was to go against the Federals at Wilson's Creek in the southwest of the State , and even at Lexington on ...
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