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[[Image:Star Fort Marker - 5.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Star Fort Plan and Map from the On Site Marker]] | |||
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Highway Marker A-2 on Martinsburg Pike (Hwy 11) in Winchester. Site is on private Property at Fortress Drive in Winchester. Earthworks remains are still visible. Managed by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. Access by permission only call 540.740.4545. | Highway Marker A-2 on Martinsburg Pike (Hwy 11) in Winchester. Site is on private Property at Fortress Drive in Winchester. Earthworks remains are still visible. Managed by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. Access by permission only call 540.740.4545. | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 15 April 2012
Star Fort (1) (1862-1864) - A U.S. Civil War earthworks fortification established in 1862 by Union forces in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. Abandoned in 1864.
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Star Fort (1) History
Current Status
Highway Marker A-2 on Martinsburg Pike (Hwy 11) in Winchester. Site is on private Property at Fortress Drive in Winchester. Earthworks remains are still visible. Managed by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. Access by permission only call 540.740.4545.
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Location: On Fortress Drive in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. Maps & Images Lat: 39.20627 Long: -78.16384 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 823-824
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Visited: 13 Apr 2012
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