Fort Ancient Earthworks

You are standing inside a hilltop earthworks built by the Hopewell Indians nearly 2000 years ago. Early settlers in this area thought these walls were constructed for defensive purposes, hence the name Fort Ancient. Today, archaeologists believe that this site ...

Earthworks

Battle of Chancellorsville - 1863

"We were digging and fortifying all night."

Charles E. DeNoon, Mahone's Brigade

Civil War earthworks, sometimes referred to as breastworks, were built in a fashion much different than modern military trenches. Soldiers started at ground ...

Infantry Earthworks

“Attacking entrenchments has been tried so often and with such fearful losses that even the stupidest private now knows that it cannot succeed, and the natural consequence follows; the men will not try it. The very sight of a bank ...

Preservation of Earthworks

Since 1813, earthworks like these once encircled the Star Fort to provide a safe passage for soldiers and to protect the brick walls from enemy artillery. In 1839, a post-rail fence was erected to protect the earthworks from erosion caused ...

Federal Earthworks

Constructed by First

Michigan Engineers and

others, March 19, 1865.

Occupied by Federals

throughout the battle.

Works begin 75 yards

behind this marker.

Marker is on Mill Creek Church Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Civil War Earthworks

Federal soldiers of the 12th Corps built these earthworks on May 1, 1863. "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack the following day placed them in Confederate hands. At about 6:00 a.m. on May 3, North Carolinians under William Dorsey Pender and Georgians ...

Prehistoric Circular Earthworks / The Squaring of Circleville

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Prehistoric Circular Earthworks

Established as the county seat of Pickaway County in 1810, Circleville derives its name from the circular portion of a large Hopewell-era earthwork upon which it was built. The Circleville earthworks, described in 1772 by Rev. ...

Freestone Point Earthworks

Blockading the Potomac

On August 22, 1861, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee issued orders to blockade the Potomac River by building a series of artillery positions that would command the sailing channel. One of these positions was on the grounds of ...

Union Earthworks

Early on May 10, 1864, General Gershom Mott's division of 1,500 Union soldiers arrived on this ground and began constructing earthworks amid the harassing fire of Confederate sharpshooters concealed in the timber, just a few hundred yards away. The remains ...

Junction of Earthworks

Maj. Gen. Hiram G. Berry's division formed the front of the Union defense north of the Orange Turnpike on the morning of May 3. Although virtually all of Berry's entrenchments have disappeared, this small segment of works on the right ...