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Battery Harker was named in honor of General Charles G. Harker, who served in the 2nd, 9th and 11th Infantry and was killed in action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. This battery has three emplacements for 10-inch gu…
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The three 12-inch guns were mounted at Fort Mott between February and June, 1898. The guns and carriages were unloaded from vessels at the government wharf and transported down the rail lines behind the parapet. The guns were hauled up inclined tr…
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Battery Harker and Battery Arnold share the continuous 750 foot long parapet wall. Battery Harker (right) contains three 10-inch gun emplacements and Battery Arnold (left) has three 12-inch gun emplacements. A protective earthwork, the parados,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECQ_battery-gregg_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Battery Gregg is named in honor of Captain John C. Gregg, who served as Captain in the 4th Infantry and was killed in action near Mariquana, Philippine Islands, on March 31, 1899. Completed in December 1900, Battery Gregg was the fourth of Fort Mo…
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Fort Mott was one of three forts built at this location on the Delaware River.At this section of the Delaware estuary, the waterway narrows from a broad bay into a river. Considered a strategic location early in the nineteenth century, military of…
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Fort Mott is an Endicott-era fortification (ca. 1896) that was begun prior to the Spanish-American War. Construction of an earlier fortification, known as the Battery at Finns Point, was begun in 1872 but never completed. Components of the earlier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAV_finns-point-national-cemetery_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
This cemetery containsthe graves of 2,436 Confederatesoldiers who died while pisonersof war at Fort Delaware.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAU_union-monument_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Near this stone lie the remains of 105 United States soldiers whose names so far as known are hereon inscribed, but whose graves cannot be identified.They died for their country.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAT_confederate-monument_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Erectedby theUnited Statesto mark the burial placeof2436 Confederate soldierswho died at Fort Delawarewhile prisoners of warand whose graves cannotnow be individually identified.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAP_finns-point-national-cemetery_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Though located far from any site of armed conflict, Finn's Point National Cemetery exists as a direct result of the American Civil War. It is the resting place for the remains of 2,436 Confederate soldiers whose military careers ended as prisoners…
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