. Some events of Boston and its neighbors . the keyto the harbour. The island was named after Captain George, a promi-nent citizen of Boston. Within the walls of the fort many Massa-chusetts recruits were drilled for the Civil War, and many prisoners,including the English emissaries, Mason and Slidell, were here im-prisoned. It was the chief point of defence in our harbour until theSpanish War, and has played an important part in our Nations his-tory. The first earthworks were erected in 1778 in order to protectCount dEstaings fleet from the British, when the French ships werein the harbour. I
. Some events of Boston and its neighbors . the keyto the harbour. The island was named after Captain George, a promi-nent citizen of Boston. Within the walls of the fort many Massa-chusetts recruits were drilled for the Civil War, and many prisoners,including the English emissaries, Mason and Slidell, were here im-prisoned. It was the chief point of defence in our harbour until theSpanish War, and has played an important part in our Nations his-tory. The first earthworks were erected in 1778 in order to protectCount dEstaings fleet from the British, when the French ships werein the harbour. It may be interesting also to mention that the famoussong John Browns Body Lies a-Mouldering in the Grave wascomposed and first sung at Fort Warren by the glee club of the SecondBattalion Light Infantry in 1861. When Miles Standish explored the harbour in 1621 he anchored offThompsons Island, visited Squantum and made a treaty with theIndians. A few years later David Thompson, who came from Plym- 10 ^IsOME EVENTS OF BOSTON AND ITS NEIGHBORS. - ^ Xrast Bostoi ^t>Ston Appli I? ^,-~.WC^ cSverrlors I. \A Deer Island i \>sfoii Ilarhqr ^ 3 I. Q^ove(>- \> IslaKd 1- 0°.jpRainsford Moon
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