Fort

Examples

• The attack was made and many shots fell within the fort, creating some consternation, as we now know. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A large force of railroad men have already been sent to Beaufort, and other mechanics will go to Fort Fisher in a day or two. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Fort Fisher was situated upon a low, flat peninsula north of Cape Fear River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The enemy had in addition to their intrenched line close up to Petersburg, two enclosed works outside of it, Fort Gregg and Fort Whitworth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• General Smith found Fort Heiman had been evacuated before his men arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From Fort Henry expeditions were to be sent against Eastport, Mississippi, and Paris, Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Some of his men had snatched a flag from the parapet of the fort, and others had taken a horse from the inside of the stockade. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The point between Fort Stedman and Battery No. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Edison then went to Toledo and secured a position at Fort Wayne, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, now leased to the Pennsylvania system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Forces, Near Fort Donelson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was named Fort Pemberton after the commander at Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This man is my friend, my house is his fort, and I am his soldier. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Fort'nate for me I had a witness! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I followed with one of the later boats and found McClernand had stopped, very properly, nine miles below Fort Henry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A portion of the ground on which Fort Henry stood was two feet deep in water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was expected in case of necessity to connect these forts by rifle-pits. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Against artillery of the present day the land forts and walls would prove elements of weakness rather than strength. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He turned from his new position and captured the forts on both heights in that quarter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• While he was able to enter the city he failed to capture the forts or any part of the garrison. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These forts were invested. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• General Smith had been directed to leave a portion of his division behind to guard forts Henry and Heiman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Numerous as the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons, or armies, to keep them in subjection. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Traverses had, therefore, been run until really the work was a succession of small forts enclosed by a large one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For naval purposes the 14-inch gun is the largest now used in American battleships, but in the United States coast defense forts, 16-inch guns are installed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then as another result effected by these greater guns came the passing away of the old-fashioned brick and stone forts as a means of defence. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When the heavy, unwieldy bombards with stone balls were used, artillery was mostly confined to castles, towns, forts, and ships. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Davis's division of Thomas's army was sent to Rome, capturing it with its forts and artillery, and its valuable mills and foundries. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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