SUVCW Nelson Garfield Battery Hooper

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Federal Charter issued 1954

Nelson-Garfield Memorial Camp #3

Dedication of the James Ramage Museum
Battery Hooper Ft. Wright Kentucky

In 1862 Union troops under the command of Major General Lew Wallace built the earthen battery as part of a defensive line of forts to protect Cincinnati. A six-foot-high redan, or U-shaped earthwork flanked with rifle trenches, Battery Hooper was part of an eight-mile arc of defensive positions protecting the city's southern flank on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River. As the Confederate forces of Major General Edmund Kirby Smith approached, these positions were manned by some 22,000 Union soldiers reinforced by over 50,000 citizens militia.

*James A. Ramage Civil War Museum* The City of Fort Wright recently opened the Civil War Museum at Battery Hooper on Highland Avenue. The museum displays information and artifacts about the Civil War, especially the role of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. It includes an exhibit about Cincinnati businessman William Hooper for whom the battery was named; the other 27 batteries and forts in Northern Kentucky; and Fern and Sheldon Storer, the property’s former owners.	Museum dedication August 20th, 2005
Dr. James A. Ramage	Gun Crew
Cannoneers	Bernie O'Bryan

Related reading stories below in pdf format

The Best Offense A buried Civil War Battery in a Kentucky Suburb

The Battle of Perryville Bragg's Kentucky Invasion

Field Artillery Positions and Duties

Photos courtesy Jim Houston
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues05/sep05/digs.html
http://www.battleofperryville.com/invasion.html
http://www.cwartillery.org/hansen.html