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Battery McIntosh is a fort in Hillsborough County, Florida. Battery McIntosh is situated nearby to the fort Battery Howard, as well as near Egmont Key Lighthouse. Overview: Map: Directions: Satellite: Photo Map: Overview: Map: Directions: Satellite: Photo Map: Tap on the map to travel: Battery McIntosh.. Battery McIntosh, Mobile Bay Mobile was a port city, second only to New Orleans in traffic arriving on the Gulf coast, as such it required the protection of batteries capable of resisting the destructive effects of heavy naval ordnance. While most Confederate ports were protected by land batteries the shallowness of the upper reaches of Mobile.

Battery Buchanan, Mound (Water) Battery, and Battery Missouri were located at the south end of town on the shoreline of the Mobile River. On sandbars at the mouth of the Mobile River were Battery Gladden (12 guns), Battery Tilghman (1863), Camel Battery, Battery McIntosh (12 guns), and two Floating Batteries.. Battery McIntosh (1) was deactivated and the post was put into caretaker status with a single caretaker on 25 May 1923. The government was unable to sell the surplus property and it remained on the quartermaster's books through 30 Jun 1935. Fires in 1925 and 1927 destroyed major permanent buildings including both of the 109 man artillery.