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English: Battery George Arrowsmith was named after Lieutenant Colonel George W. Arrowsmith (1839-1863), a native of Middletown Township, New Jersey where Fort Hancock is located. Arrowsmith fell ill when he and his regiment marched to Gettysburg to assist on the first day of battle, but he insisted on remaining with his soldiers. After his death in battle, Arrowsmith's brother took the trip to Gettysburg during wartime to locate and retrieve his remains. He is buried in the family plot in Middletown. Local Civil War veterans remembered his sacrifice. During the battery's construction in 1908, when it was equipped with three 8-inch M1888 guns on disappearing carriages, they petitioned the Secretary of War to name the new structure after Arrowsmith (NPS).
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