Crossfire

Spain built the stone fort to your right, called San Juan de la Cruz, or “El Canuelo”, to create a deadly crossfire with the guns of Castillo San Felipe del Morro on the other side of the bay.

Just imagine ...

Caught in a Crossfire

Hard pressed on every side, Ferguson's men fell back to their camp, which lay in the saddle of the ridge you see just ahead. As some Tories tried to surrender, bullets continued to pour into their ranks from all directions. ...

Civilians in the Crossfire

In seventy-two hours the Chancellor family's world was turned upside down. A Union soldier described the Chancellor women on April 30:

"Upon the upper porch was quite a bevy of ladies in light, dressy, attractive spring costumes. They were not at ...