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It was located on Bigelow Street (formerly Squirrel Hill Road) between Parade and Shields streets, and had cannons facing the
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The fort was one of the most massive of the 27 built at the time to defend Pittsburgh from the
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"In the Footsteps of Renegades : A Virtual Tour of Greenfield"




"Squirrel Hillʼs Part in the Civil War"
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"Pennsylvania Forts: page 8"
"Earliest Settlements in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh"
"One Quiet Pittsburgh Neighborhood Is Home To A Civil War Fort"

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