brick-and-earth

Updated: May 25, 2025

On the left, some two miles distant, was Fort Gaines, a small brick-and-earth work, mounting a few heavy guns, but too far away from the ship-channel to cause much uneasiness to the fleet. Fort Morgan was on the right, one of the strongest of the old stone forts, and greatly strengthened by immense piles of sand-bags covering every portion of the exposed front.

Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot - The Naval History of the United States : Volume 2