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Fort McDermott

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From this Confederate fort, fifteen heavy artillery guns repelled elements of two Union Army Corps, routed five ironclad monitors attacking up the Blakely River, and for thirteen days helped prevent the capture of Mobile until after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
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