Union Redoubt #3 - Stafford VA
N 38° 22.603 W 077° 20.103
18S E 296028 N 4250195
A monument marks the location of a Union fort in Brooke VA.
Waymark Code: WMB24Y
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2011
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Redoubt #3 was a Union fort built in Stafford County, VA in 1863 near
Aquia Landing
where a major Union supply depot was located. The fort was 70 feet long and its earthen walls were 12 feet high and it had 4 guns. It was surrounded by a moat and took 400 men of the 12th Corps ten days to build.
In 2005, the remains of Redoubt #3 were inadvertently wiped out by development of a new subdivision by SYG Associates. The developer, Jimmy Ghaban, said he was shocked when he learned of the fort's destruction and said he would have taken all precautions to preserve it had he been informed of its existence. (He honors this committment with ongoing construction at other nearby sites.) To help make amends, Ghaban erected a $21,000 monument at the location within the Sentinel Ridge subdivision. The monument is 5½ tons of Vermont granite, 9 feet long by 7 feet high, and topped by a star, the symbol of the Union army's 12th Corps. It is inscribed:
UNION REDOUBT #3 Established on this spot in February of 1863, by New York troops of the 12th Corps,
2nd Division, Army of the Potomac, Redoubt #3 was manned by up to 100 soldiers
and supported by 4 rifled artillery pieces. It guarded the approaches to the
Union Supply Depot at nearby Aquia Landing and the 12th Corps camps on the
hills to the East during the winter of 1862-1863. Redoubt #3 was a square enclosure
approximately 70' long and 12' high. Erected by SYG Associates, Inc., 2005 |
It was dedicated in January 2006.
Ghaban also financed a historical marker which is located at the entrance to Sentinel Ridge. The GPS coordinates are:
- N 38° 22.425' W 77° 20.229'
It bears the Stafford County seal and reads:
UNION REDOUBT NO. 3
AQUIA CREEK
LANDING DEFENSES
1863 ON THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH STOOD THE
THIRD OF THREE LARGE FORTIFICATIONS
OR REDOUBTS BUILT DURING FEBRUARY
AND MARCH OF 1863 BY THE ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC. THIS REDOUBT PROTECTED
AQUIA LANDING AND THE NEARBY CAMPS
OF THE UNION 12TH CORPS. THE FORTI-
FICATION WAS SQUARE-SHAPED AND
DESIGNED FOR A GARRISON OF 100 MEN.
IT WAS SUPPORTED BY FOUR 3-INCH
GUNS. THE ACTUAL SITE OF REDOUBT
NO. 3 IS CURRENTLY MARKED WITH A
LARGE GRANITE MEMORIAL ERECTED
IN 2005. ERECTED BY FSCWS, SYG ASSOCIATES INC. 2006 |
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