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− | [[Image:Slemmer. | + | [[Image:Slemmer.PNG|thumb|right|Lt. [[Adam Jacoby Slemmer|Adam J. Slemmer]], commanding officer at [[Fort Barrancas]]]] |
In January 1861, the United States Army forces in Pensacola consisted of Company G, 1st United States Artillery, which was stationed at [[Barrancas Barracks]], near [[Fort Barrancas]]. The company's commanding officer, Captain [[Wikipedia:John H. Winder|John H. Winder]], as well as his executive officer, First Lieutenant A. R. Eddy, were absent on leave, which left only two relatively inexperienced Army officers in Pensacola: First Lieutenant [[Adam Jacoby Slemmer|Adam J. Slemmer]] commanding, and Second Lieutenant [[Jeremiah H. Gilman]].<ref name="withslemmer">J. H. Gilman. "With Slemmer in Pensacola Harbor." ''Battles and Leaders of the Civil War''. Century Company, 1887.</ref> | In January 1861, the United States Army forces in Pensacola consisted of Company G, 1st United States Artillery, which was stationed at [[Barrancas Barracks]], near [[Fort Barrancas]]. The company's commanding officer, Captain [[Wikipedia:John H. Winder|John H. Winder]], as well as his executive officer, First Lieutenant A. R. Eddy, were absent on leave, which left only two relatively inexperienced Army officers in Pensacola: First Lieutenant [[Adam Jacoby Slemmer|Adam J. Slemmer]] commanding, and Second Lieutenant [[Jeremiah H. Gilman]].<ref name="withslemmer">J. H. Gilman. "With Slemmer in Pensacola Harbor." ''Battles and Leaders of the Civil War''. Century Company, 1887.</ref> | ||