Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name Marker

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Near Stafford in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name
Federal Defenses of Aquia Creek Landing

Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name Marker Photo, Click for full size

July 10, 2012

1. Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name Marker

Inscription. Twelfth Corps / Army of the Potomac, USA
Stafford County, Virginia
Circa 1863
National Historic Registry
February 2006
Virginia Historic Registry
DHR # 089-5057/44ST0082

Location. 38° 23.599′ N, 77° 21.349′ W. Marker is near Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. Marker is on Old Fort Lane 0.1 miles south of Courthouse Road (State Route 630), on the right when traveling east. 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 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Union XIIth Corps Winter Camp (approx. 1.4 miles away); Brooke, Virginia (approx. 1.4 miles away); Union Redoubt # 3 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Union Redoubt No. 3 (approx. 1.7 miles away); Aquia Landing (approx. 2 miles away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named Aquia Landing (approx. 2.1 miles away); Battle of Aquia Landing (approx. 2.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Historical Research into Redoubt No. 2/Fort No Name. Provided to the Historical Marker database courtesy of Dr. Mountz. For more information, Dr. Mountz has provided an email address on the cover page. (Submitted on July 22, 2012.)

July 10, 2012

2. Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name Marker

Marker is on the center hut.

Entrance to the Redoubt Photo, Click for full size

July 10, 2012

3. Entrance to the Redoubt

Ramp is not representative of the original fort. It is there to make the fort accessible to the handicapped.

Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name Photo, Click for full size

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4. Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name

Reconstructed artillery platform on the left. The remains of the fort's powder bunker is at the base of the tree.

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5. Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name

Overhead picture of Redoubt No. 2 Photo, Click for full size

6. Overhead picture of Redoubt No. 2

Copy of Civil War era engineering drawing of the three redoubts in the Aquia area. Photo, Click for full size

7. Copy of Civil War era engineering drawing of the three redoubts in the Aquia area.

July 10, 2012

8. Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name Marker

Reconstructed hut, typical of that constructed by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.

Credits. This page originally submitted on June 4, 2012. This page has been viewed 153 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 10, 2012. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.