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POINT PETER BATTERY AND THE WAR OF 1812 MEMORIAL MARKER

POINT PETER BATTERY AND THE WAR OF 1812 MEMORIAL MARKER
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Location: SPINNAKER ROAD EAST OF NORTH RIVER

City: ST. MARYS

State: Georgia

Zip Code: 31558

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers

Year Dedicated: 2008

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WAR OF 1812

Photograph By: GREGORY GUDERIAN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

IN 1795 A CANNON BATTERY CONSTRUCTED ON POINT PETER PENINSULA BECAME THE FIRST SYSTEM OF U.S. COASTAL DEFENSES. DURING THE WAR OF 1812 A BRITISH FORCE OVERWHELMED 116 U.S. REGULARS, DESTROYING THE FORT.


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