Show famous forts in U S history by ELMO SCOTT WATSON hill 1624 1 7 r N aw union without where the M man without a country originated flit firt adams in 1 ay county iy mississippi do deserves 11 claie ove among the historic forte fort of the united states bemuse because it gave to us the greatest it italy on in patriotism ever written bittl ud cd word ward everett hall hale B th the a man with out a country it wan as from a letter written by gen a james wilkinson wilkenson commander ads in chief of the american america army my 1 in the earla riv dv dava of the republic at fort adams that hale got the name philip nolan to for the hero of hla his story I 1 and it many of at the beenes 1 in the on b book no IT are Is 1 laid I in and on about t fort A items adams although hales hale a story Is purely th flo ron there was a rea real philip nolan somi ce who was I 1 in in fact a com man without a country but not me as hale wrote it because h he I 1 cursed the name of his no na live land this real phil philip P not nolan I 1 was an irish political refugee who had not at dh d PI be been in hla his adopted country long b be fore he was waa joining aaron on burr in 0 a conspiracy against it and eventually we was killed by the spanish governor of tolas teas rhe site of fort adams he haa long been a historic one no th the first white whit man to visit it was rot father told daffon a frenchman who erected a cross there and rd called it roche a dolvine I 1 it I 1 wa va later called loftus heights height after I a british malor main who with men was ambushed there by the tunica indians indian in J 1764 64 during president adams adam 8 rd ad ministration the government bought this site mite from francis jones ill who held it under a spanish grant and built there fort adams named in honor honer of the PrIel president drat there them limit merl 1 I weather lewis was lot stationed for a alle before going to the capital to become became president jefferson a secre dece ts to IT had from tb there go governor goor or CIA home borne and general wilkinson minded for new orleans tor for the formal Is cere mony of r ivlue the louisiana put pur home chase in its earla riv ears fort ad adams was one of the most moat important adil military tilly posts 1 in the middle fic well it ws a at this tort fort the that general wilkinson no ne gothi got ted with till the indians for opening a road from the fort through north to nosh file at and d that part of the road rd between natchez and nail alle b be came the famous natchez trace times there Is a good eod story star told about be one a of oo 00 gendral admi wilkinson lUnson Wl a s subordinates subordinate at t the he fort the general had lost his him queue quette and ordered all ot of Ms his of meet ficera to here have theirs their cut or off mal maj but let ler not net only refused but told doctor carmichael tile the post surgeon I 1 that at I 1 in it case an of lit his deal death lie he wished to have a hole bored in his coffin and hla his 4 queue cr pulled through it so a volt that the 1 general would know thit that lie he defied him even in fin death I 1 grant granig un unconditional surrender note no terms except ept en an nd it immediate surrender can be re ac cepter I 1 propose to move immediate tv iv upon your dorlis th that laconic inconis dispatch 1 Is famous in american his him tory enry written litch to C fieri in simon bolivar buckney the confederate commands commander atiart at I 1 ort donelson tenn b bv get gen U 8 S grant on I 1 I 1 february 16 1862 it gum to tile the union commander the nickname ofu of unconditional surrender giant afu at t the opening of the cbill 1 I war the confederates built foil fall Dels don el son nn OD do the Cumbe cumberland chind th aler er and I 1 ort ITT hear henry on oa the tenn tennessee R to a P protect rate or no nashville the verv erv heart head ot of tile the cant confederacy stere from an I 1 invasion an from floor tile mirth as erected on a h hill it 20 feet a above it ove th ahe e river surrounded by two a and d a halt half allee of till ralle pit pits and protected on nis the flie d aher side bi b three great batteries fort panels donelson with it its garrian garri wn lm of if 18 in men in aoa one of 11 the ou most sl 11 imbor TOT tant posts pont 1 in the a mississippi valley 0 on F february h mry 6 fort H henry tv tell rell in by fore for the cannon of II commodore foote I 1 flotilla IR of gun gunboats basis boats but when tile commander moved to attack fort dr don alson he I 1 was sil sedil repulsed mean while w alle general grant had mo moved ed against Dol donelson velson and ad for far I 1 three I 1 do dav I a 0 fierce arm b little battle raged during which end each arav I 1 I 1 lost moie come than 2 2000 men and oil 0 Feb february 15 tile hie garrison tried to cui 11 its iti nes great s lose lines but vav driven back into it ian stronghold I 1 1 he be text next dav buckner icat I 1 n aws dev ease age under I a alite rug fing ilk balne ginal what hot terms term lie he 0 bould old gi give if ahe ion n ihm federates gas up the fort I 1 it historic reply was 8 5 the result IN ft lien im tort part Do borelson surrendered tile rile firs trent great URI union victory victor of the bar war 11 Is won an and milre lell out end and laid down alir their arm firms the largest number of men a ever eer cap capture up to that time in III nav bi battle a on ill iff 1 american 11 continent comment th the ik tom ano is took possession an km of 57 piece of IT ter lerv though although one great erent arl arle ain in the a of nt general ft flod fi pit pillow ond ad nathan bedford frel ih the dashing climbing cavalie by lead leader ship slipped id on h the their IT head when these escaped across tue the I 1 rl er I 1 the amendo of 0 nashville and it columbus soon eoon followed foliated kentucky mid I 1 T tennessee a were I 1 now I 1 in n II 11 the 1 handa and I 1 of ill alie a union ohm forcen or D and d 1 S ram rm had bad on tile 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