SITE OF THE NAVAL BATTERY MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: KIRK BARRETT
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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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