Fort Boreman

Fort Boreman
A view of the hill that makes up the former Fort Boreman
Location Fort Boreman Drive, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°15′41″N 81°34′6″W / 39.26139°N 81.56833°W / 39.26139; -81.56833Coordinates: 39°15′41″N 81°34′6″W / 39.26139°N 81.56833°W / 39.26139; -81.56833
Area 12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built 1863
NRHP reference # 02001690[1]
Added to NRHP April 17, 2003

Fort Boreman is a historic archaeological site encompassing a Civil War fortification located near Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1863, by Company A of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It is a series of paired, approximately four foot deep trenches encircling the top of the hill in a zigzag pattern. It was originally built to ensure that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad link between Wheeling and Parkersburg was not severed or commandeered by the Confederate army.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Gail Lynn Walls, Patricia Miller and J.T. Sutton (May 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Boreman" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.


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