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Rucker's Battery
Kentucky St. (TN 78) at New Market Rd., Tiptonville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 27' 22.739976",
-89° 24' 3.299976"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Rucker's Battery
1/2 Mile
At the west end of a 1200-yard cemaillere, Battery No. 1 in the Confederate defenses of Island No. 10 thee 8-in Columbiads and three 32-pounders. Preventing passage of Federal vessels down-river, it withstood continuous attack for two weeks, until floodwaters forced its virtual abandonment, Apr. 2, 1862. Portions of the work are visible.
Tennessee Historical Commission.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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