Fort Gibson-- Part 7: Part of Those Triangles of Fire

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The man mostly responsible for the defenses of New York Harbor, Colonel Jonathan Williams, was so sure his defense was near impregnable that he had this to say:

"It would be difficult to go into either the North or East River. without passing within point blank  shot ... of some of them ... it is not a very bold assertion to say that no ship that sails on the Ocean would engage on such terms."

--Brock-Perry