Camp Barry

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Camp Barry
Washington, D.C.
Artillery Depot, (Camp Barry) near Washington, D.C LCCN2012649016.jpg
Barracks on the right at Camp Barry
during the Civil War
Site information
Controlled by Union Army
ConditionResidential Area
Location
Location map District of Columbia street.png
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Camp Barry
Coordinates 38°54′03.1″N76°58′55.2″W / 38.900861°N 76.982000°W / 38.900861; -76.982000
Site history
Built1862
In use1865
MaterialsTimber
Battles/wars American Civil War

Camp Barry was a temporary artillery military camp near Washington, D.C., United States, during the Civil War.

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Location

The Corcoran properties near H Street in 1861 1861 Map Detail showing the Corcoran properties near Boundary Street NE and H Street NE.png
The Corcoran properties near H Street in 1861

It was located on the "Corcoran Farm located on H Street NE near the Bladingsburg Tollgate". [1] [2] [3]

William W. Corcoran owned several sections of land around the Tollgate as seen on maps at the time. These included:

While the exact location is not known, all the descriptions of the camp mention the Bladingsburg tollgate as being close by. It is generally believed that it was located on "Long Meadow". [4] [5]

History

It was established as an artillery camp for the instruction of all volunteer batteries, drills and discipline preparation for service in the field as well as an artillery depot. [6] Originally setup with Sibley tents, wooden barracks were built in the winter of 1862–1863. [3]

The following troops barracked at the camp:

On April 3, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, is captured by the Union Army. The Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, received a telegraph informing him of the news. The news spreads all over Washington, D.C., and Battery H of the 14th Pennsylvania Artillery started firing one hundred guns at the camp. [11]

On Wednesday, May 17, 1865, during the Trial of the Murderer of President Lincoln, the Camp is mentioned by Lieutenant John J. Taffey, a prosecution witness when cross-examined by Mr. Doster. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries), & Civil War Round Table of New York. (1900). The Dispatch. New York, N.Y.: Civil War Round Table of New York.
  2. ↑ A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War by William Schouler
  3. 1 2 3 The History of Battery H, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861–1865 – Earl Fenner – 1894
  4. ↑ Fort Wiki –
  5. ↑ MarkerHunter – /
  6. ↑ FortWiki – Camp Barry
  7. ↑ National Park Service – Union Ohio Volunteers – 12th Independent Battery – Ohio Light Artillery
  8. 1 2 3 4 National Park Service – Union Main Volunteers – 1st Battalion – Maine Light Artillery
  9. ↑ National Park Service – Union New York Volunteers – 10th Independent Battery – New York Light Artillery
  10. ↑ National Park Service – Union Massachusetts Volunteers – 16th Independent Battery – Massachusetts Light Artillery
  11. ↑ With the Rambler – Evening Star – April 05, 1914 – Page 9
  12. ↑ The Conspiracy Trial for the Murder of the President: And the Attempt to Overthrow the Government by the Assassination of Its Principal Officers, Volume 1 – Benjamin Perley Poore J.E. Tilton – 1865
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