Built 1861 (1861) VLR # 076-0264 Opened 1861 Added to NRHP 18 August 1989 | NRHP Reference # 89001059 Designated VLR February 21, 1989 Area 4 ha | |
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Location At the Potomac River off State Route 610 in Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia MPS Civil War Properties in Prince William County MPS Similar Leesylvania State Park, Rippon Lodge, Occoquan Bay National, Mason Neck State Park, Prince William Forest Park | ||
Freestone Point Confederate Battery is a historic American Civil War gun emplacement located at Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia. The battery has four individual gun emplacements, which are fairly simple in configuration. All are formed by a large, deep, rectangular depression with high earthen berms built up on the north and south side of each depression. Three of the batteries are located on the cliff about 90 feet above the Potomac River. For five months, from October 1861 to March 1862, the batteries contributed to the Confederate military's success in blockading the Potomac River.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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