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2 unusual facts about Touch hole


Battle of Great Bridge

They spiked their guns and retreated across the bridge, and Captain Leslie ordered his men to retreat into Fort Murray.

Fort Pickens

Shortly after this incident, on January 10, 1861, the day Florida declared its secession from the Union, Slemmer destroyed over 20,000 pounds of gunpowder at Fort McRee, spiked the guns at Barrancas, and evacuated with 51 soldiers and 30 sailors to Fort Pickens.



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