MCCLERNAND's Division, 8,000 strong, encamped yesterday evening four miles below Fort Henry. Three of our gunboats made a reconnoissance to the head of Panther Island. During a brisk fire between ...
FORT KNOX, Ky. — "We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged,” – Henry Knox, 1776. Fort Knox, ...
It was originally written by Francis Scott Key as "Defence of Fort M’Henry" at the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The poem turned song was inspired by the American flag waving ...