Grand Battery

Fort Montgomery was built to prevent British ships from sailing up the Hudson River. The centerpiece of the fort’s river defenses was its Grand Battery of six 32-pounder cannons. One of the largest cannons of the Revolutionary War, a 32-pounder ...

The Grand Battery

Known also as the Association Battery, this was Pennsylvania's largest early fortification. Originally built in 1748, shortly after formation of a volunteer military force called the Association, it mounted 27 guns; within a few years it held some 50 guns. ...

Grandy's Battery - Garnett's Battalion

Heth's Division - Hill's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Heth's Division

Garnett's Battalion Grandy's Battery

The Norfolk Light Artillery Blues

Two 3 inch Rifles, Two 12 pounder Howitzers

July 1 Arrived on the field in the afternoon but was not engaged.

July 2 The Rifles ...

Grand American Battery

1781 Siege of Yorktown

“The Works which we carried are of vast importance to us. From them we shall enfilade the enemy’s whole line … ”

General George Washington to the President of Congress, October 16, 1781.

The capture of British Redoubts ...