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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)

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