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Mortar-schooners engaged against Fort Jackson

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Mortar-schooners engaged against Fort Jackson. Distance of lead schooner fromthe fort, 2,850 yards as determined by Coast Survey. Total number of shellsfired in six days was 16,800. One of the first instances of the use of geodesyfor indirect artillery fire.

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Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey