On the record
No one doubts, I suppose, that the forts at the mouth of the Mississippi are in the possession, not of the troops of the United States, but troops that will resist the troops of the United States.
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Sherman points out that the forts at the mouth of the Mississippi are held by opposing forces, not the U.S. military.
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