"Halliard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the flag-staff was shot down, and the flag fell.[20] It had been previously hanging by one halliard, the other having been cut by a piece of shell. The exultation of the enemy, however, was short-lived. Peter Hart found a spar in the fort, which answered very well as a temporary flag-staff. He nailed the flag to this, and raised ...
— Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 • Abner Doubleday |
