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Border warfare in Pennsylvania during the revolution Volume 3

Lewis Slifer Shimmell

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 ...reported in November that the whole population north of the old Forbes Road, from the Allegheny mountains to the river, were kept close in forts and could get no subsistence from their plantations. It was frequently the case that the settlers had to live in the forts"fbT weeksat a time, taking their scanty hoUST hold goods,-farm-implements and live-stock with thgnC into the enclosure. When there was no immediate danger. outside, the men, leaving the women and children inside, went to their fields in the day and returned at nighty but never without their rifles close at hand. Sentinels were placed at proper places, and on the least alarm the whole company of workers repaired to their arms. The fort consisted of cabins, stockades and block-houses. A range of cabins formed at least one side of the fort, with log partitions between them. The walls on the outside were ten to twelve feet high, the slope of the roof being turned inward. The block houses were built at the angles of the fort, and projected about two feet beyond the outer walls of the 1 Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 4, p. 519. cabins and stockades. Their upper story was larger each way than the under one, leaving an opening at the commencement of the second story to prevent the enemy from making a lodgment under the walls. Bastions instead of block-houses sometimes rose at the corners. A large folding gate, made of thick slabs, opened out towards the nearest spring. The stockades, bastions, cabins and block-houses were all furnished with portholes, while the whole of the outside was made completely bullet-proof.1 Attacks on one of these forts seldom succeeded, unless its male occupants were cut off from it or its supplies gave out. Whenever the enemy came in sight, everybody in the enclosure assis...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Border warfare in Pennsylvania during the revolution Volume 3. To get started finding Border warfare in Pennsylvania during the revolution Volume 3, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 ...reported in November that the whole population north of the old Forbes Road, from the Allegheny mountains to the river, were kept close in forts and could get no subsistence from their plantations. It was frequently the case that the settlers had to live in the forts"fbT weeksat a time, taking their scanty hoUST hold goods,-farm-implements and live-stock with thgnC into the enclosure. When there was no immediate danger. outside, the men, leaving the women and children inside, went to their fields in the day and returned at nighty but never without their rifles close at hand. Sentinels were placed at proper places, and on the least alarm the whole company of workers repaired to their arms. The fort consisted of cabins, stockades and block-houses. A range of cabins formed at least one side of the fort, with log partitions between them. The walls on the outside were ten to twelve feet high, the slope of the roof being turned inward. The block houses were built at the angles of the fort, and projected about two feet beyond the outer walls of the 1 Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 4, p. 519. cabins and stockades. Their upper story was larger each way than the under one, leaving an opening at the commencement of the second story to prevent the enemy from making a lodgment under the walls. Bastions instead of block-houses sometimes rose at the corners. A large folding gate, made of thick slabs, opened out towards the nearest spring. The stockades, bastions, cabins and block-houses were all furnished with portholes, while the whole of the outside was made completely bullet-proof.1 Attacks on one of these forts seldom succeeded, unless its male occupants were cut off from it or its supplies gave out. Whenever the enemy came in sight, everybody in the enclosure assis...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Border warfare in Pennsylvania during the revolution Volume 3. To get started finding Border warfare in Pennsylvania during the revolution Volume 3, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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