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Crossing the lake, he captured the fort and a large quantity of stores intended for Fort
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He at that time commanded the American flotilla lying in "Mobile Bay," and instantly issued an order to Lieut. Loomis to ascend the Appalachicola River with two gun-boats, "to seize the people in BLOUNT'S FORT, deliver them to their owners, and destroy the Fort."
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A few days afterwards, going to see the fort of Vanves, strongly menaced, I was arrested and taken before the commander of the Fort.
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Gen. Barnardiston of the British force, also advanced with the news of the capture of the positions, but the Germans put up a stubborn resistance, and it was not until 6: 30 A.M. that the attackers gained the coast fort and Fort 1.
The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Various
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The French evacuated the fort, the British army under General Forbes took possession in 1758, and the place was named Pittsburg, or Fort
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Small wonder that he named the fort built here Fort
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All I saw was Duncan Cameron with the other white men of the fort standing on a knoll some distance from Fort
Lords of the North 1903
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The fort lay distant from them about three miles, but only some fifteen hundred yards from Fort
The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South 1901
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Key had gone to the British vessel to get a friend released from imprisonment, in which he succeeded, but he was kept on board the enemy's vessel until after the attack on the fort; and the song commemorates his evening and morning watch for the star-spangled banner on Fort
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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French then finished the fort Trent had begun, and called it Fort
A School History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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