Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 237
n 1841 thepresent star-shaped fort was built, at a cost of$213,000. It was thought at the time to be afine affair, as it would mount over seventy gunsand hold a garrison of three hundred and fiftymen. During the Rebellion the place was usedas an hospital, and a number of hospital buildingswere… … THE HEAD, IN THE WORK-SHOP. fort has never been practically utilized. We arenot at war with any one, nor do we wish to harmany nation ; so it happens that this, like many ofour forts, has never been fully supplied with guns
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