Battery Reilly (Newport, Rhode Island)

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Two 10" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1899 to 1917.

Battery Reilly was named on March 13, 1902 in honor of Captain Henry J. Reilly, 5th U.S. Artillery, who served at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, from July 4, 1870 to April 27, 1875, and who was killed at Pekin, China, on August 15, 1900.
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Coordinates:   41°28'27"N   71°20'33"W
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