Fort Beauregard (Virginia)
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Fort Beauregard (Virginia)
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Fort Beauregard was a Civil War-era rectangular earthen fort located on a 430 feet (130 m) promontory above Tuscarora Creek just southeast of Leesburg, Virginia. Built in the winter of 1861–1862 following the Battle of Ball's Bluff, it was one of three forts built by Confederates to defend Leesburg against possible invasion. Fort Beauregard commanded the southern eastern approaches to the town, including the Old Carolina Road and the Alexandria and Winchester Turnpike. The fort may have been onl
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Civil War-era rectangular earthen fort
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Beauregard_(Virginia)
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2023-06-15T13:11:34Z
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