Fort Ellsworth (Alexandria, Virginia)
USA /
Virginia /
Huntington /
Alexandria, Virginia
World
/ USA
/ Virginia
/ Huntington
World / United States / Virginia
military, interesting place, historical layer / disappeared object, historic site
Remaining trace of the Civil War earthwork fort built by Union troops to guard Duke Street and the Cameron Run rail corridor.
Named in honor of Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who became the first U.S. officer killed in Virginia.
Col. Ellsworth was shot and killed by the owner of the Marshall House Hotel in Alexandria after hauling down the Confederate flag flying from the roof during the initial occupation of the city by Union troops.
Named in honor of Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who became the first U.S. officer killed in Virginia.
Col. Ellsworth was shot and killed by the owner of the Marshall House Hotel in Alexandria after hauling down the Confederate flag flying from the roof during the initial occupation of the city by Union troops.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°48'30"N 77°4'10"W
- Manassas National Battlefield Park 44 km
- Fredericksburg Battlefield 68 km
- Battle of Chancellorsville 75 km
- Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse 81 km
- Battle of the Wilderness 81 km
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 90 km
- Aerojet Propellant Lab 93 km
- University of Virginia 152 km
- Werowocomoco 157 km
- Battle of Hampton Roads 208 km
- Fort Ellsworth trace 0.1 km
- Fort Ellsworth Condominiums 0.2 km
- Virginia American Water 0.3 km
- George Washington National Masonic Memorial 0.4 km
- Witter Fields 0.7 km
- Angel Park 0.7 km
- Ivy Hill Cemetery 1 km
- Bishop Ireton High School 1 km
- Old Town Alexandria 1.7 km
- Potomac/Del Ray Alexandria 2.1 km