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Battery Reuben Turman

Harbor: Puget Sound
Location: Fort Casey

Eponym: 2nd Lt. Reuben S. Turman, 6th U.S. Inf. who died on July 2, 1898 of wounds recieved in action at San Juan Hill, Cuba July 1, 1898. (G.O. 194, Dec. 27, 1904)

Lt. Reuben Turman—Courtesy of David Trammel and Turman’s Silver Star Certificate—Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History”respectively.

Historical Notes and Comments: guns removed 1918-20

Current status: clean open