Redoubt No. 3 - Fort Ramsay
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Title
Redoubt No. 3 - Fort Ramsay
Subject
Engineering Drawing of Fort Cass (Fort Ramsay)
Description
Plan, section & armament of Fort Cass (Fort Ramsay). Drawn from measurement taken Oct. 4 & 15, 1861. Originally named Fort Ramsay in August of 1861, it was later changed to Fort Cass by direct order of General George McClellan in the fall of 1861. The name Fort Ramsay was transferred to a fort constructed on Upton's Hill, Virginia near Falls Church.
* From "Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington," by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III and Walton H. Owen II:
Named for Colonel Thomas Cass, of the 9th Massachusetts Infantry that constructed the fort. Built in August 1861, it was first named Fort Ramsay. It was one in a line of lunettes on Arlington Heights defending the approaches to the Aqueduct Bridge (near the site of the present day Key Bridge). The fort stood on present day Fort Myer, on Forest Circle. No visible remains.
Its perimeter extended 288 yards with 12 gun emplacements. Armament included four 24-pdr guns, three 6-pdr guns, five 20-pdr Parrott rifles, and one 24-pdr Coehorn mortar.
* From "Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington," by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III and Walton H. Owen II:
Named for Colonel Thomas Cass, of the 9th Massachusetts Infantry that constructed the fort. Built in August 1861, it was first named Fort Ramsay. It was one in a line of lunettes on Arlington Heights defending the approaches to the Aqueduct Bridge (near the site of the present day Key Bridge). The fort stood on present day Fort Myer, on Forest Circle. No visible remains.
Its perimeter extended 288 yards with 12 gun emplacements. Armament included four 24-pdr guns, three 6-pdr guns, five 20-pdr Parrott rifles, and one 24-pdr Coehorn mortar.
Creator
War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers
Source
National Archives at College Park - Cartographic (RDSC)
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National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3200
Fax: 301-837-3622
Email: carto@nara.gov
Publisher
National Archives
Date
Oct. 4 & 15, 1861
Rights
Unrestricted
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Identifier
File Unit: Drawer 169, 1818 - 1941
Series: Fortifications Map File Plans of Military Forts, 1818 - 1941
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Series: Fortifications Map File Plans of Military Forts, 1818 - 1941
Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
drawing
Collection
Citation
War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers, “Redoubt No. 3 - Fort Ramsay,” Mapping the Civil War in Arlington, accessed April 19, 2024, https://mtcwia.com/items/show/232.