Battery Point Fort: Difference between revisions
John Stanton (talk | contribs) m Text replace - "{{DEFAULTSORT:" to "|} {{DEFAULTSORT:" |
John Stanton (talk | contribs) m Text replace - "width="500"" to "width="-500" height="-500"" |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
{| | {| | ||
| | | | ||
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.57821" lon="-84.949266" zoom="15" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.57821" lon="-84.949266" zoom="15" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | ||
(F) 30.57821, -84.949266 | (F) 30.57821, -84.949266 | ||
Fort Battery Point Fort<br>(1863-1864) | Fort Battery Point Fort<br>(1863-1864) | ||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
{{Visited|25 Jan 2012}} | {{Visited|25 Jan 2012}} | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
Latest revision as of 19:50, 7 January 2019
|
Battery Point Fort (1863-1864) - A Confederate six gun battery established in 1863 in Liberty County, Florida. Abandoned in 1864. U.S. Civil WarA Confederate six gun battery established in 1863 to protect the Apalachicola River from Union gunboats. The battery was built into a bluff at a bend in the river. The armament was all smoothbore cannons and included two 32-pounders, one 24-pounder, and three 18-pounders. In February 1864 as Union General Truman A. Seymour advanced west from Jacksonville the battery was withdrawn and participated in the Union defeat at the battle of Olustee. Current StatusPart of Torreya State Park, Liberty County, Florida.
Sources:
Links:
Visited: 25 Jan 2012
|