Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Fortress Monroe” in chapter 6 of James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion:
... at that time not more than sixteen thousand effective men, would have been scarcely sufficient.
To have attempted to distribute these five companies among the eight forts in the cotton States, and Fortress Monroe , in Virginia, would have been a confession of weakness, instead of an exhibition of imposing and overpowering strength.
It could have had no effect in preventing secession, but must have done much ...
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† | Fortress Monroe (Virginia, United States) | 7,630 | 22 | 276 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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