Battle of Fort Independence (E Pluribus Duo)

With tensions heightened after the election of Robert M.T. Hunter and the secession of Massachusetts, Massachusetts regiment leaders George Gordon and Robert Cowdin agreed to seize Fort Independence. The fort was strategically located for a possible conquest of Boston by Southern troops, as Massachusetts had seceded. The 1st and 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiments beseiged the fortress, after surrounding it. The stationed Union troops there shot at the Massachusetts troops through the windows. This continued for about two days, when the Union troops ran out of ammunitions and surrendered.