Battery Bayard

 (1907-1917) - Battery Bayard was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 6 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Lyon (1), Cow Island, Cumberland County, Maine. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904, after Brigadier General George D. Bayard, U.S. Volunteers (captain, 4th U.S. Cavalry), who died 14 Dec 1862 of wounds received in action at Fredericksburg, Virginia, 13 Dec 1862, during the U.S. Civil War. Battery construction was completed and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 27 Dec 1907 at a cost of $ 122,921.95. Deactivated in 1917.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with three 6" M1903 guns mounted on M1903 Disappearing carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on a raised gun platform and the two magazines between, and slightly below the gun platforms. Shells were moved from the magazine level to the gun loading platform by Hand. No shell or powder hoists were provided.



World War I (1917-1918)
The guns of Battery Bayard were transferred to Watervliet for modification to a mobile configuration on 6 Dec 1917. All three guns subsequently made their way to France and all three made their way back to the U.S. in 1919. Battery Bayard was not rearmed and the carriages were ordered scrapped 26 May 1920.

Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.

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