SITE OF THE NAVAL BATTERY MEMORIAL MARKER
MANNED WITH SAILORS AND COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER GILLIS OF THE U.S.S. MILWAUKE, WHICH WAS SUNK BY A CONFEDERATE TORPEDO IN BLAKELEY RIVER. ARMED WITH TWO 4.2IN PARROTT RIFLED CANNON FIRING PROJECTILES WEIGHING 30LBS, THESE GUNS FIRED ON CONFEDERATE BATTERIES RED FORT AND SLOCOMB DURING THE BATTLE OF SPANISH FORT MARCH 26-APRIL 18, 1865.
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- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 7 UNION PASS
- 36527
- KIRK BARRETT
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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