Construction of Battery Bailey began on August 19th on two artillery positions placed only 200 yards from the southeast bastion of Fort Morgan, where they anchored the southern flank of the Federal siege lines. Despite a tremendous storm that briefly delayed completion, the positions were ready for guns by the morning of August 20th, when two 3-inch Ordnance Rifles and 12-pounder “Napoleons” of the 2nd Connecticut Light Artillery were brought across Mobile Bay from Fort Gaines. The 2nd Connecticut and its guns stood within easy range of Confederate heavy artillery on the southeast bastion and infantry on the counterscarp, enduring grape, canister, sharpshooter fire, and constant enemy firing while the men worked through the night to entrench their guns and prepare to join the general bombardment at daylight. Ordered to dislodge sharpshooters and prevent three of Fort Morgan’s heavy guns from firing into the Federal lines, the 2nd Connecticut used accurate fire at short range to destroy all three targets. On August 25th, the 2nd Connecticut Artillery was ordered out of its position at Fort Morgan and carried across Mobile Bay for service at Cedar Point.