Camp French
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Camp French | |
Location | Address Restricted, Marine Corps Base Quantico |
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Area | 155.9 acres (63.1 ha) |
Built | 1861 |
MPS | Campaigns for the Control of Navigation on the Lower Potomac River, 1861-1862, Virginia, Maryland, and DC, MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 08001055[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 2008 |
Camp French (44PW0917) was the site of a major Confederate Army encampment between March 1861 and August 1862. Encompassing more than 150 acres (61 ha) on the grounds of the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, the site includes four large regimental camps. Archeological surveys conducted since 1994 have identified locations of winter huts, an arms magazine, and a target range. The site is partially occupied by the Medal of Honor Golf Course, and traversed by Fuller Road.[2]
The Camp French site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Camp French" (PDF). US Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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Categories:
- Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Buildings and structures completed in 1861
- Prince William County, Virginia
- 1861 establishments in Virginia
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Prince William County, Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Prince William County, Virginia geography stubs