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(1813-1815) Abandoned 1815. Also known as Six Gun battery or Sailor's Battery.
Designed by Captain Samuel Babcock. Built as an earthen battery with six 18-pdr. French naval guns on the shore of the Patapsco Ferry Branch about 1.5 miles west of Fort McHenry.
At the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, it mounted six 18-pdr. cannons and was commanded by Sailing master John Adams Webster and 75 sailors from the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla.
This fort, along with others repulsed the British fleet.
There are no remains of it, but its site is under the I-95 southern approach to the Fort McHenry Tunnel near the intersection of Gould Street and East McComas Street.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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