Battery Cameron
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battery-cameron-262-5039769
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Battery Cameron
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Battery Cameron was a Union Army defensive site during the Civil War. Battery Cameron was one in a chain of fortifications in the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., also known as the "Fort Circle". The battery was located atop a hill on Foxhall Road at what is now the intersection of Foxhall and Whitehaven Parkway, NW. The battery included two 100-pound Parrott rifles, placed in such a way as to sweep Aqueduct Bridge, and Virginia beyond. The site on which Battery Cameron was located is now
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Cameron
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2022-08-24T02:23:13Z
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