Battery Porter
USA /
Virginia /
Fort Hunt /
World
/ USA
/ Virginia
/ Fort Hunt
World / United States / Virginia
military, artillery battery
One 5" balanced pillar mount gun was mounted here from 1901 to 1917.
Battery Porter was named May 15, 1903 in honor of 1st Lieutenant James E. Porter, 7th U.S. Cavalry, who was killed June 25, 1876 in action with Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn River, Montana.
Battery Porter was named May 15, 1903 in honor of 1st Lieutenant James E. Porter, 7th U.S. Cavalry, who was killed June 25, 1876 in action with Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn River, Montana.
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Coordinates: 38°42'53"N 77°3'2"W
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