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In a single night on June 13, a 30-foot tower made of interlocking logs was erected under Kosciuszko's supervision. From its wooden platform, marksmen could aim down into the fort. Loyalists responded to the threat by making the walls nearly three feet higher with sandbags, and they tried unsuccessfully to burn the tower by firing heated cannon balls.
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