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By Kevin White, August 28, 2007 | |
| | | 1. Union Redoubt # 3 Marker | | |
Inscription. 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 2005 by SYG Associates Inc.
Location. 38° 22.605′ N, 77° 20.111′ W. Marker is near Brooke, Virginia, in Stafford County. Marker is on Sentinel Ridge Road north of Brooke Road (County Route 608). Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stafford VA 22554, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Union Redoubt No. 3 (approx. ¼ mile away); Union XIIth Corps Winter Camp (approx. 0.6 miles away); Aquia Landing (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. 0.9 miles away); Battle of Aquia Landing (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. 1.4 miles away); Steamships, Stages and Slave Trade (approx. 1.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Brooke.| | | | 
By Kevin White, August 28, 2007 | |
| | | 2. Union Redoubt # 3 Marker | | |
More about this marker. Monument is made out of Vermont Granite. The Star is 3 feet, 6 inches wide, and the base is 9 feet by 2 feet, 4 inches. Total Height is 6 feet, 10 inches.
Regarding Union Redoubt # 3. Remains of the redoubt were destroyed in 2005. Apparently the 70 foot long, 12 foot high redoubt surrounded by a moat and exterior gun positions was never found nor was any request made by Stafford County to preserve it. The developer stated that they “would have worked around the site had it known” prior to developing the site. Efforts to preserve what remained, and to identify the site as historical, identified that partnership with developers to save historically significant areas through citizen and developer cooperation. Stafford County now requires developers to survey the land in cooperation with historians and identify potential areas for future historical markers.
Also see . . . Marker Dedication Ceremony. (Submitted on August 29, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
Credits. This page originally submitted on August 28, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,307 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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