Battery Meigs

N 38°42.578 W077°01.533

(1902 - 1914)
Named (4/4/1900) after Brevet Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster Gen. 1861-1882.
Eight 12-inch mortars were located here.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 140}


Battery Meigs.
Note the BC Station on top.


Mortar Pit #2.

Mortar Pit #1.

BC station #2.

BC station #1.

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