Six days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the commander of Charleston's forts decided to move his men to Fort Sumter.

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There is a wall around Paris and there are exterior forts, but you've got an enormous number of people besieged by Prussian and other German forces, holding on.

在巴黎外围高墙林立,堡垒遍地,但仍有大批民众,在普鲁士和其他德国军队的围攻中坚守阵地

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To reach the city, Farragut had to sail his ships past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.

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It was one of the few United States forts in the south still held by federal forces.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Some were very beautiful. They included religious buildings in Malaysia and old military forts in India.

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The army refused. It told the commander to defend the forts as best he could.

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The governor then ordered state soldiers to seize the other two forts in Charleston Harbor.

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It was better protected from Indian attacks because it passed by two Army forts.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

They built forts and other defensive positions across the southern part of the state.

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There were several United States forts in and around the Port of Charleston.

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Soldiers were sent to build roads and forts in the western plains.

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But the forts were so strong that the shells caused little damage.

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Without them,he said, he could not defend the forts.

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The commander of the forts asked for more men.

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He shelled the forts for six days and nights.

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But thirteen made it safely past the forts.

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Two Confederate forts stood in Grant's way.

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And he built forty-eight forts.

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