Confederate Breastworks

Confederate Breastworks
Location 2300 Ramsey St., Fayetteville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°5′19″N 78°15′34″W / 35.08861°N 78.25944°W / 35.08861; -78.25944Coordinates: 35°5′19″N 78°15′34″W / 35.08861°N 78.25944°W / 35.08861; -78.25944
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1865 (1865)
NRHP Reference # 81000421[1]
Added to NRHP October 7, 1981

Confederate Breastworks is a historic breastworks located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. The earthen bunkers are located on the grounds of the Fayetteville Veterans Administration Hospital behind the main building. They were built in March 1865 as part of the fortification of Fayetteville by the Confederate army to protect the city against the oncoming forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] It is located in the Fayetteville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Linda Jasperse (n.d.). "Confederate Breastworks" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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