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NRHP Reference #
  
81000421

Year built
  
1865

Area
  
8,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
7 October 1981

Confederate Breastworks

Location
  
2300 Ramsey St., Fayetteville, North Carolina

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Confederate Breastworks is a historic breastworks located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. The earthen bunkers are located on the grounds of the Fayetteville Veterans Administration Hospital behind the main building. They were built in March 1865 as part of the fortification of Fayetteville by the Confederate army to protect the city against the oncoming forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Fayetteville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District.

The confederate breastworks


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Confederate Breastworks Wikipedia