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J. Slemmer at the out break of the Civil War, but refused to surrender in Jan., 1861, and was held until reinforced. Fort Pillow. A fort on the Chick a saw Bluff, in Tenne ee, on the Mi i ippi River, above Memphis, noted in the Civil War. It was erected by the Confederates during the Civil War, and was occupied by the Federals June 5, 1862, having been evacuated and partially destroyed by the Confederates on the day previous. It was recaptured by the Confederates under For rest, April 12, 1864, when a large part of the garrison, which consisted of a regiment of colored infantry and a detachment of cavalry, was ma acred. Fort Pulaski. A fort on Cockspur Island, at the head of Tybee Roads, commanding both channels of the Savannah River. During the Civil War it was captured by the Federals un der General Hunter, April 10, 1862. Fort Riley. A United States military post in Kansas, at the junction of the Republican and Kansas rivers. Fort Royal. See Fort de France . Fort St. David. A ruined town on the Coromandel coast, India, 13 miles south of Pond i cherry, prominent in the 18th century. Fort St. Elmo. See Elmo , Castle of Saint . Fort St. George. The fortre of Madras. It played an important part in the French and English strug gles in India during the 18th century. Fort St. Philip. A fort on the Mi i ippi, nearly opposite Fort Jackson (which see). ich see). Fort Salisbury. A town in Mash on a land, South Africa. Fort Scott. The capital of Bourbon County, eastern Kansas, 88 miles south of Kansas City. Population (1900), 10,322. Fort Smith. A town in Sebastian County, Arkansas, on the Arkansas River in lat. 35° 22′ N., long. Fort Snelling. AU. S. military post Minnesota, on the Mi i ippi 6 miles above St. Paul. Fort Sumter. A fort in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 4 miles southeast of Charleston, the scene of the first engagement in the long. 94° 28′ W. Population (1900), 11,587. For tuny y Carbo Civil War. At the beginning of the Civil War the national works in Charleston harbor were commanded by Major Robert Anderson. In consequence of the sece ion of South Carolina, Dec. 20, 1860, and the preparations made by that State to seize the United States forts in the har. bor, he evacuated Fort Moultrie Dec. 26, 1860, and concen trated his forces at Fort Sumter. Reinforcements sent out in the Star of the West were prevented from landing, the ship being fired on off Morris Island Jan. 9, 1861. April 11, 1861, Major Anderson refused a demand by Gen On eral G. T. Beau regard to surrender; and on April 12 and 13 sustained a bombardment from batteries at Fort Moul trie, Fort Johnson, Cumming's Point, and elsewhere. He surrendered April 13, no casualties having occurred on either side. The fort was held by the Confederates until the evacuation of Charleston, Feb. 17, 1865. Fort Ticonderoga. See Ticonderoga . For tuna (fôr-tu'nä). [L., 'fortune.'] 1. In ancient Italian mythology, the godde of good luck, corresponding to the Greek Tyche. - 2. An asteroid (No. 19) discovered by Hind at London, Aug. 22, 1852. Fortunate Islands, The. [L. For tun atæ insulæ; Gr. αἱ τῶν μακάρων νῆσοι, Islands of the Blest.] An ancient name of the Canary Islands. The Fortunate Islands, Islands of the Blest, or the Happy Islands were originally imaginary isles in the western ocean where the souls of the good are made happy. With the discovery of the Canary and Madeira islands the name became attached to them. The Cart hag in i an fleet (under Himilco] appears to have turned homewards from this point and to have touched at the Island of Madeira, which was described on their return in such glowing language that others undertook the voyage, until the Senate, being afraid of an exodus from Carthage, forbade all further visits to "the Fortunate Islands" on pain of death.