Memoirs of Gen Thomas Francis Meagher Comprising the Leading Events of His Ca
Memoirs of Gen Thomas Francis Meagher Comprising the Leading Events of His Ca
Michael Cavanagh
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Several deep ravines extend down the slope 01 the Heights to the river. At the commencement of the war, both the ravines and the whole eastern face of the Heights were thickly wooded CONSTRUCTION OF FORT CORCORAN 381 The summit of the range constitutes a fairly level table-land, from which the ground slopes to the west at a gradual incline. "When, in May, 1861, the government determined to occupy Arlington Heights and Alexandria, a force of about eight thousand men crossed the river for that pu...rpose, anu each command immediatel} commenced the erec tion of strong earthworks on their several positions. To the Sixty-ninth was assigned the hill nearest the Aqueduct-Bridge, and commanding the road leading westward to Fairfax Court House. On the level summit of this hill, the site of a bastioned fort, six hun dred and fifty by four hundred and fifty feet, was staked out by the engi neers, and the regiment at once set to work throwing up intrenchments and cutting down the timber in the vicinity of the camp.
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