Battery Garesche
2012-04-05

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The battery in advance of Fort Blenker, to be called Battery Garesche, after lieut. Col. Julius P. Garesche, assistant adjutant-general, U.S. Army, who was killed, December 31, 1862, at the battle of Murfreesborough, Tenn.

Sources:

  • "Appendix C," The Civil War Defenses of Washington: Historic Resource Study, http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/civilwar/hrsa1-c.htm. View source information 
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  • 2012-04-05