Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his commander in Charleston, General Beauregard, to destroy the fort before the food could arrive.

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On that citadel, on that strongly, rocky fort or citadel, they built what we now identify as the royal palace, the palace of the king.

那个堡垒,在那个坚固的,用岩石建造的城堡或据点之上,他们建造了,我们现在所说的皇家殿堂,国王所居之处

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The fort's commander asked Pryor if he would like the honor of firing the mortar that would begin the attack.

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If any boat carrying troops refused to stop, the state soldiers were to sink it and seize the fort.

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One United States soldier,however, was killed the next day when a cannon exploded as Anderson's men prepared to leave the fort.

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Jefferson Davis said there was no need to attack the fort if hunger would soon force the United States soldiers to leave.

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He said southern defenses around the fort were so strong that a major military effort would be necessary.

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Visitors can also find a link to the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, with information about a free electronic field trip for students.

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If South Carolina attacked, or planned to attack, then he could move his men into the fort that would be easiest to defend.

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I cannot advise you." Later in the meeting, Toombs urged Davis not to attack the fort.

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Outside the entrance to the harbor, on a dark night, they could be put into small boats and pulled by tugs to the fort.

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He would leave the fort on April fifteenth if the Confederates made no hostile act against Fort Sumter or against the United States flag.

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The explosion was a signal for all Confederate guns surrounding the fort to open fire.

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Unless he and his men received more supplies, they would have to leave the fort.

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Inside the visitors center at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is the Elizabethan Room.

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In the nineteen eighties, Mister Evans worked at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

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At the northern end of the island is the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

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But in 1759, the British took control of the fort and renamed it Ticonderoga.

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That explosion would signal the other guns surrounding the fort to open fire.

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At one point,the Confederates tried to break out of the fort and escape.

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He ordered them back to the fort. After that,there was no choice.

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About noon, three men arrived at the fort in a small boat.

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The major shook hands with Beauregard's representatives, and they left the fort.

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If Major Anderson refused, then the general was to destroy the fort.

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The fort was mainly a square building with pointed structures called bastions.

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But they could not reach the fort to help Major Anderson.

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Grant surrounded the fort and let the navy gunboats shell it.

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The fort was built on an island in Charleston Harbor.

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He had received permission to defend the fort, if attacked.

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They said Anderson and his men must leave the fort.

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