USS Kearsarge, which in June 1864 sank the CSS Alabama in the English Channel in a famous Civil War sea battle. More directly, the park is named after a hotel that stood on the grounds, the Winslow House, site of the current picnic grounds. See also Kearsarge North List of mountains of New Hampshire New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 243: Mount Kearsarge and the U.S.S. Kearsarge USS Kearsarge References External links "Rollins State Park". New Hampshire State Parks. "Winslow State Park". New Hampshire State Parks Trail 11 - Winslow State Park to Kearsarge Valley Road (SRKG) Mount Kearsarge - New Hampshire Mountains of New Hampshire Mountains of Merrimack County, New Hampshire Warner, New Hampshire Wilmot, New Hampshire New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin