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Battery Dantzler, a half-mile northeast, was named for Col. Olin Miller Dantzler of the 22d South Carolina Infantry, who was killed in action nearby on 2 June 1864, and was constructed in May-June 1864 to block the Union navy's approach to Richmond. It anchored the northern end of the Howlett Line, a series of Confederate earthworks cut across the Bermuda Hundred peninsula from Swift Creek on the south to the James River on the north. Its artillery included two 7-inch Brooke rifles, two 8-inch smooth-bore Columbiads, and two coastal mortars. The battery operated until 2 April 1865, when it was abandoned and its naval garrison marched with Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia westward to Appomattox Court House.
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Enon, Virginia · United States
