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Photographer: Stanley and Terrie Howard
Taken: March 9, 2013
Caption: Battery Hambright
Additional Description: Cockspur Island saw one more military use after the War Between the States. During the Spanish American War, a small force was garrisoned here to protect the river mouth. They operated the controls for electric mines in the Savannah River, and manned guns in Fort Pulaski's demilune, and here, on the left, at Battery Hambright.
Submitted: March 10, 2013, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p236039
File Size: 3.712 Megabytes

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