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Revision as of 14:16, 29 April 2013
Battery Slemmer (1900-1918) - Battery Slemmer was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 8 inch coastal gun battery on Fort McRee, Escambia County, Florida. The battery was named in G.O. 16, 14 Feb 1902, after Ltc. Adam J. Slemmer, 4th U.S. Infantry, who was in temporary command of Fort McRee, Florida in 1861. Battery construction started in April 1898, was completed in 1899 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 21 May 1900 at a cost of $ 113,806.47. Deactivated in 1918.