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Fort Huger
Fort Huger is located in Virginia
Fort Huger
Fort Huger is located in the United States
Fort Huger
LocationApprox. 50 yds from jct. of Old Machlesfield Rd. and Macklesfield Ct., near Smithfield, Virginia
Coordinates37°06′35″N 76°39′34″W / 37.10972°N 76.65944°W / 37.10972; -76.65944
Area22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built1861 (1861)
NRHP reference No.08000320[1]
VLR No.046-0037
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 16, 2008
Designated VLRDecember 5, 2007[2]

Fort Huger is a historic archaeological site located near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The site is the location of an abandoned American Civil War fort on the south side of the James River across from Fort Eustis/Mulberry Point. It was named for Major General Benjamin Huger, commander of the Confederate Army's Department of Norfolk at the time it was built. Fort Huger was an integral part of the Confederate States Army James River defenses in late summer 1861 through spring 1862.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

Present

The site was acquired by Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation in 2005 and opened to the public as a park in 2007. Five remounted Civil War-era cannons are at the fort.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b Bogart, Charles H. (Fall 2019). "Three Virginia Confederate Forts". Coast Defense Study Group Newsletter. Mclean, Virginia: CDSG Press.

Further reading

  • Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Prepared by Edward K. Rawson, Comdr George P. Colvocoresses and Charles W. Stewart, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1901.
  • King, Helen Haverty. Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Donning and Company, Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1993.
  • River of Lost Opportunities: The Civil War on the James River, 1861–1862. Ed Bearss, 1995.

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