Freestone Point Confederate Battery Explained

Freestone Point Confederate Battery
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:February 21, 1989[1]
Designated Other1 Number:076-0264
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:At the Potomac River off U.S. Route 1 in Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia
Coordinates:38.5928°N -77.2492°W
Added:August 18, 1989
Refnum:89001059

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 builtup 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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Freestone Point Confederate Battery. Jan Townsend. May 1989. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo