"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt-Camp Early

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"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt-Camp Early
"A" FORT AND BATTERY HILL REDOUBT - CAMP EARLY - AKA MEASLES FORT.jpg
Traces of Confederate redoubts and trenches are visible
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LocationBalmoral Greens Ave., 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the junction with Compton Rd., Fairfax County
Coordinates 38°47′22″N77°25′40″W / 38.78944°N 77.42778°W / 38.78944; -77.42778
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1862 (1862)
NRHP reference No. 98001315 [1]
VLR No.029-5006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1998
Designated VLRJune 17, 1998 [2]

"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt-Camp Early, also known as Measles Fort, is a historic American Civil War military facility and redoubt located in Fairfax County, Virginia south of Centreville and along Bull Run.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  "A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt--Camp Early (#98001315)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.