POINT PETER BATTERY AND THE WAR OF 1812 MEMORIAL MARKER
IN 1795 A CANNON BATTERY CONSTRUCTED ON POINT PETER PENINSULA BECAME THE FIRST SYSTEM OF U.S. COASTAL DEFENSES. DURING THE WAR OF 1812 A BRITISH FORCE OVERWHELMED 116 U.S. REGULARS, DESTROYING THE FORT.
Listing Details
- Public
- WAR OF 1812
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 2008
- SPINNAKER ROAD EAST OF NORTH RIVER
- 31558
- GREGORY GUDERIAN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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