Civil War Fortification at Barnesville

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Civil War Fortification at Barnesville
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Location Deer Run State Forest, near Ellington, Missouri
Coordinates 37°13′10″N90°59′14″W / 37.21944°N 90.98722°W / 37.21944; -90.98722 Coordinates: 37°13′10″N90°59′14″W / 37.21944°N 90.98722°W / 37.21944; -90.98722
Area less than one acre
Built 1863 (1863)
NRHP reference # 98000817 [1]
Added to NRHP July 1, 1998

Civil War Fortification at Barnesville, also known as Fort Barnesville, is a historic American Civil War fortification located at Deer Run State Forest near Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was built in 1863, and consists of a horseshoe shaped redoubt. It measures approximately 150 feet long and 135 feet wide. [2] :5

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Gerald Angel and Alien Tatman (April 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Civil War Fortification at Barnesville" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 50 photographs from 1998)