Battery Cornelius Tolles

Harbor: Puget Sound
Location: Fort Worden

Eponym: Capt. (Bvt. Col.) Cornelius W. Tolles, U.S. Volunteers and 13th U.S. Infantry, who died Nov. 8, 1864 of wounds received in action at Newtown, VA, Oct. 16, 1864. (G.O. 194, Dec. 27, 1904)

: Battery Tolles, 1920s (Puget Sound Coast Artillery Collection)

: Battery Tolles B 1930s? (Puget Sound Museum Collection)

Historical Notes and Comments: Two guns removed 1918-20, emplacement modified for 2 6″ Peds in 1937 which became Tolles B

Current status: Clean, open to the public