(thing) by Taltos Sat Oct 07 2000 at 20:48:41

Fairly common saying today, indicating an order to someone to stay in place and defend/guard something.

According to the Civil War trivia desktop calendar on my work-mate's desk, this saying began in October of 1864.

The Union's General Sherman signaled a besieged Union position at Allatoona, Georgia with a message that said "Hold fast. We are coming." Apparently this was mis-translated as "Hold the fort. We are coming."

The rest, as they say, is history.

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