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Fort Moultrie
[ mool-tree ]
noun
- a fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina: defended against British in the American Revolution by Colonel William Moultrie (1730–1805); in the Civil War, played an important role in the bombardment of Fort Sumter and in Confederate defense.
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In the midst of this battle, a British cannon ball cut Fort Moultrie's flagstaff in two, and brought down the flag.
Painted only five days before his death, while he was a prisoner of war at Fort Moultrie.
Besides the chiefs one hundred and sixteen warriors and eighty-two women and children were sent to Fort Moultrie.
Piece of one of the palmetto-logs of old Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor.
The guns of Fort Moultrie riddled the British ships, and covered their decks with the dead and dying.
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