Battery Stanton (Dauphin Island, Alabama)
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Three 6" disappearing carriage guns were mounted here from 1901 to 1928.
Battery Stanton was named on May 15, 1903 in honor of Captain Henry W. Stanton, 1st U.S. Dragoons, who was killed January 19, 1855 in action with Apache Indians in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.
Battery Stanton was named on May 15, 1903 in honor of Captain Henry W. Stanton, 1st U.S. Dragoons, who was killed January 19, 1855 in action with Apache Indians in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°14'53"N 88°4'30"W
- Horn Island 68 km
- Naval Air Station Pensacola (NPA /KNPA) 71 km
- Okaloosa Island 119 km
- Eglin Air Force Base Training Range 119 km
- Site B-75 126 km
- Site B-70E 132 km
- Eglin Air Force Base / Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS/KVPS) 148 km
- Camp Shelby 155 km
- Tyndall Air Force Base 230 km
- Fort Rucker 253 km
- Sand Island 3.9 km
- Dauphin Island 13 km
- Alabama Port, Alabama 14 km
- Delchamps, Alabama 20 km
- Gulf Islands National Seashore 21 km
- Smithport, Alabama 23 km
- Bon Secour Bay 23 km
- Mobile Bay 24 km
- Mobile County, Alabama 51 km
- Baldwin County , Alabama 68 km
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