Battery Garesché

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Battery Garesché

Here stood Battery Garesché, constructed late in 1861 to control the higher ground dominating Fort Reynolds, 200 yards to the southeast. It had a perimeter of 166 yards and emplacements for 8 guns.

Marker is at the ...

Dent's Alabama Battery.

Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Dent's Alabama Battery.

Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's (Anderson's) Division.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. S. H. Dent, Commanding.

1st Lieut. W. T. Stockton.

2nd Lieut. D. L. Southwick, (wounded and captured).

2nd Lieut. G. B. Zeigler.

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The battery came into ...

Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Art'y.

2 Napoleons, 4 - 3" Rifles.

Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Art'y.

2 Napoleons, 4 - 3" Rifles.

Capt. Cullen Bradley's Artillery Battalion

Wood's Division, Granger's Corps.

Nov. 23 to 25, 1863.

Capt. Lyman Bridges, Commanding.

1st Lieut. Morris D. Temple.

2nd Lieut. Lyman A. White.

2nd Lieut. Franklin Seborn.

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30-Pounder Battery

Positioned here at the end of a towering plateau, this fortification was the first earthen battery built on the mountain by the Federals in the fall of 1862. Facing south, its guns "commanded perfectly the summits of Loudoun Heights as ...

Swett's Mississippi Battery

Shaver's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

C.S.

Swett's Mississippi Battery,

Shaver's (1st) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of six guns, was engaged here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862. Its next action was East of Review ...

Harper's Mississippi Battery

Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

C.S.

Harper's Mississippi Battery,

Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery of four guns, known also as "Jefferson Artillery", was in action here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862.

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Naval Battery

Positioned 300 feet above the Potomac River the Naval Battery was the first Union fortification on Maryland Heights. Hastily built in May 1862, its naval guns were rushed here from the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard. Along with a detachment of ...

Harper's Mississippi Battery

Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

C.S.

Harper's Mississippi Battery,

Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of four guns, was in action here about 2 P.M. April 6, 1862.

Marker is on Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles ...

Battery K, First U.S. Artillery

Second Brigade - Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

Second Brigade Horse Artillery

Battery K First U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch Rifles

Captain William M. Graham commanding

July 3 Arrived on the field and took position on the left with Cavalry and ...

Battery C, Massachusetts Light Artillery

Artillery Reserve - Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps Artillery Reserve

Battery C

Massachusetts Light Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. A.F. Walcott commanding

July 3 At 3 a.m. moved to and occupied this position until the close of the battle.

Marker is on Wright Avenue, on ...