Battery Whitman

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Eight 12" mortars were mounted here from 1904 to 1942.

Battery Whitman was named January 25, 1906 in honor of Major Frank H. Whitman, 20th
Kansas Volunteer Infantry (captain, 2nd United States Infantry), who served with distinction during the war with Spain and the insurrection In the Philippine Islands, and who died August 7. 1904.
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Coordinates:   42°18'6"N   70°55'55"W
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