Barry's Battery, The Lookout Artillery, Program November 19

  • Monday, November 14, 2016

Barry's Battery, The Lookout Artillery, presented by David Scott
Saturday, November 19th @ 10 am
Chattanooga Public Library, 1001 Broad St., Chattanooga

Presentation based upon the book by the late Raymond Evans, with additional research by David Scott. Mr. Scott will recount the history of the formation and the battles fought by the Lookout Artillery. In Chattanooga early in 1862 Robert L. Barry, John A. Armstrong, and Richard L. Watkins recruited 113 men and organized this Confederate battery of light artillery. 

For more information on this event, contact Mary Helms, Local History and Genealogy Department, at the Chattanooga Public Library, mhelms@lib.chattanooga.gov

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