Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Fortress Monroe” in article 9 of The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...high up as Yorktown, on York River.
With that line occupied by ten thousand or fifteen thousand rebel troops a very important step will have been taken in a comprehensive plan for the investment of Fortress Monroe .
With that line occupied by Federal troops, a rope would be round Virginia's neck.
It would command her completely on the seaboard side, stop communication between Norfolk and Richmond by James R...
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† | Fortress Monroe (Virginia, United States) | 7,630 | 14 | 276 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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