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Taken: February 11, 2009
Caption: Confederate Winter Camps Marker
Additional Description: This area along Neabsco Creek was the center of Confederate winter camps and fortifications in 1861–1862. These troops were used to support the Potomac River batteries that successfully blockaded the Potomac River in the winter of 1861–1862. Only a few of these camps and fortifications remain today.

This marker is in its previous location.
Submitted: February 11, 2009.
Database Locator Identification Number: p52767
File Size: 3.318 Megabytes

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