BCN 240 (Battery Barns) - HDLA Long Point Reservation. Battery Barnes is named for Colonel Harry C. Barnes, who entered US Army service as a captain with Company I, First Territorial Volunteer Infantry, 1898-99. He Re-entered the military service in 1899 as first lieutenant in the 34th Volunteer Infantry; in service during the Philippine insurrection 1899-1901; promoted to captain and decorated with the Silver Star medal for gallantry in action. He remained in the military and later he was transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps where he rose to the grade of colonel; served in the American expeditionary forces during World War 1 as colonel of artillery and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal
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