Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Mayfield Fortification

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Area
  
less than one acre

Year built
  
1861

Nearest city
  
Manassas

NRHP Reference #
  
89001063

Added to NRHP
  
8 August 1989

Mayfield Fortification

MPS
  
Civil War Properties in Prince William County MPS

The Mayfield Fortification is a historic American Civil War earthworks at 8401 Quarry Road in Manassas, Virginia. It is one of a series of fortifications constructed by the Confederate Army to defend the critical Manassas railroad junction in 1861. The fort consisted of earthworks with log revetments, and was built by local Confederate troops and slave labor. After 1862 the fort was sporadically occupied by Union forces.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is now a city park.

References

Mayfield Fortification Wikipedia