Order
of Names
FORTS:
|
NAME |
IN
HONOR OF: |
|
FORT
DRUM |
Brigadier
General Richard C. Drum (Mexican and Civil War) |
|
FORT
FRANK |
Brigadier
General Royal Thaxter Frank (Civil War) |
|
FORT
HUGHES |
Major-General
Robert P. Hughes (Mexican and Civil War) |
|
FORT
MILLS |
Brigadier
General Samuel Meyers Mills, Jr. (Chief of Artillery 1905-1906) |
|
FORT
WINT |
Brigadier
General Theodore J. Wint (Civil War, Spanish-American War and
Filipino-American Wars) |
SEACOAST BATTERIES: (Fixed and Semi-Fixed)
|
NAME |
IN
HONOR OF: |
|
Battery
Concepcion* |
Notes:
named due to the vicinity of old Barrio Concepcion, Fort Mills
Corregidor Island. |
|
Battery
Cheney |
1st
Lt. Ward Cheney, Infantry (KIA,
Philippines 1900) |
|
Battery
Craighill |
Brigadier
General William P. Craighill (Chief
of Engineers, 1895 – 1897) |
|
Battery
Crockett |
2nd
Lt. Allen T. Crockett, Infantry (KIA,
Candelaria, Philippines 1901) |
|
Battery
Crofton |
Captain
William M. Crofton, Infantry (Died
1907) |
|
Battery
Cushing |
1st
Lt. Alonzo Heresford Cushing, Artillery
(KIA, Gettysburg, US 1863) |
|
Battery
Flake |
2nd
Lt. Campbell W. Flake, Infantry (KIA
Marawi, Mindanao, Phils 1904) |
|
Battery
Fuger |
Lt.
Colonel Frederick Fuger, Field Artillery (Medal of Honor, Gettysburg
1863) |
|
Battery
Geary |
Captain
Woddbridge Geary, Infantry (MWIA, Malabon Philippines 1899) |
|
Battery
Gillespie |
Major
General George Lewis Gillespie, Jr. (Chief of Engineers 1901-1903) |
|
Battery
Greer |
Colonel
John E. Greer, Ordnance Department (Died Sept. 19, 1907) |
|
Battery
Grubbs |
1st
Lt. Haydon Young Grubbs, Infantry (KIA Negros, Philippines 1899) |
|
Battery
Hall |
2nd
Lt. Joseph H. Hall, Infantry (KIA, Simpitan, Mindanao, 5/8/1904) |
|
Battery
Hamilton |
Captain
Alvah H. Hamilton, CAC (KIA, Fort Mills, Jan. 2, 1942) |
|
Battery
Hanna |
Captain
Guy G.B. Hanna, Field Artillery (Died in service accident 5/23/1913) |
|
Battery
Hearn |
Brigadier
General Clint Calvin Hearn, FA-CAC (CO Harbor Defenses of Manila and
Subic Bays 1919, American Expiditionary Force – WWI) |
|
Battery
Hooker* |
Notes:
Battery Hooker was named after Hooker Point located at the tail
of Corregidor Island. Hooker Point got its name from the cable laying ship
“HOOKER” which ran aground on Razor Rock Point in 1901. |
|
Battery
Hoyle |
Brigadier
General Eli DuBose Hoyle, Field Artillery (Died, Wash. DC 1921) |
|
Battery
James |
1st
Lt. John F. James, Infantry (KIA, Leyte, Philippine 1906) |
|
Battery
Jewell |
2nd
Lt. James M. Jewell, Cavalry (MWIA, Jolo Philippines 1905) |
|
Battery
Keyes, (Maxwell) |
2nd
Lt. Maxwell Keyes (KIA Philippines 1899) |
|
Battery
Koehler |
1st
Lt. Edgar F. Koehler, Infantry (KIA Philippines, March1900) |
|
Battery
Kysor |
Captain
Benjamin Bennet Kysor, M.D, Medical Corps (MWIA, Fort Mills, Dec. 29,
1941) |
|
Battery
Leach |
Colonel
Smith Stallard Leach, Corps of Engineers, GSC (OC of Engineers
1907-1909) |
|
Battery
Levagood |
1st
Lt. George E. Levagood, CAC (KIA, Fort Mills, April 1942) |
|
Battery
Marshall |
Brigadier
General Lewis Marshall, Corps of Engineers, (Chief of Engineers
1908-1910) |
|
Battery
Martin |
(No
information) |
|
Battery
McRea |
Brigadier
General Tully B McRea, Artillery (Died 1916) |
|
Battery
Morrison |
1st
Lt. John Morrison, Jr., Cavalry (KIA, Gapan, Luzon Philippines 1901) |
|
Battery
Ramsay |
1st
Lt. Charles R. Ramsay, Infantry (MWIA, Lipa, Batangas, Philippines 1901) |
|
Battery
Roberts |
Brigadier
General Benjamin K. Roberts, Field Artillery (Chief of Artillery, 1905) |
|
Battery
Smith |
Brigadier
General Frank G. Smith, Field Artillery (Retired 1903) |
|
Battery
Warwick |
Captain
Oliver B. Warwick, Infantry (KIA, Pasig, Philippines 1899) |
|
Battery
Way |
2nd
Lt. Henry Newell Way, Infantry (KIA, Villa Vieja, Philippines 1900) |
|
Battery
Wheeler |
Captain
David Porter Wheeler, Infantry (MWIA Marawi, Mindanao 1904) |
|
Battery
Williams |
1st
Lt. George R. Williams, CAC (Philippine Scouts) (KIA, Abucay, Bataan on
Jan 1942) |
|
Battery
Wilson |
Brigadier
General Moulder Wilson, Corps of Engineers (Chief of Engineers,
1897-1901) |
|
Battery
Woodruff |
Brigadier
General Carle Augustus Woodruff, (Civil War, Medal of Honor with 4 other
citations for gallantry) |
|
Battery
Woodruff |
1st
Lt. Harry A. Woodruff, Infantry (KIA, Simpitan, Mindanao 5/8 1904) |
SOURCES:
The secondary source is the Army Engineer 200:1 Map of Corregidor dated 31 March 1936.
Full names, ranks & service of fort honorees from the "Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War, Zone of the Interior", Vol III, courtesy of Mr. George D. Munson.
Full names, ranks & service of battery honorees from General Orders, courtesy of Mr. Glen M. Williford, confirmed in some batteries from photographs of dedications at battery site.