Colonial Heights, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Fortification

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2009

1. Confederate Fortification Marker

Inscription. This Fortification was part of a line of Confederate earthworks that guarded Swift Creek and the western approaches to Fort Clifton on the Appomattox River. It was probably constructed in response to Federal threats during Butler’s Bermuda Hundred campaign in May-June 1864. Archeological evidence indicates that this fortification was defended by field artillery, supported by infantry sharpshooters drawn from the garrison of nearby Fort Clifton. The defenders of Fort Clifton included Confederate infantry and artillery units from Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina.

This position was shelled by Federal field artillery (3” rifles) positioned on Spring Hill during the summer of 1864.

Adam Wood
Troop 180
Eagle Scout Project
2003

Erected 2003 by Boy Scouts of America, Troop 180.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.

Location. 37° 16.88′ N, 77° 22.58′ W. Marker is in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It is on Conjurers Drive 0.1 miles west of Red Fox Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map.

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Marker is in this post office area: Colonial Heights VA 23834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Clifton (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Fort Clifton (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Fort Clifton (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Brick House At Conjurer's Neck (approx. 0.6 miles away); Early Grave Markers (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Old Brick (Kennon) House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Conjurer's Field Prehistoric Native American Village (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ellerslie (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Western Defensive Line of Fort Clifton image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2009

2. Western Defensive Line of Fort Clifton

of all markers in Colonial Heights.

Confederate Battery Civil War Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2009

3. Confederate Battery Civil War Site

Interior of site. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2009

4. Interior of site.

Facing north toward Swift Creek image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 15, 2009

5. Facing north toward Swift Creek

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,070 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on May 11, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 16, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.