Historic Structures Report: Bolivar Heights, Civil War Fortifications

King CB. 1964. Historic Structures Report: Bolivar Heights, Civil War Fortifications. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park preserves historic resources and commemorates the historic events that occurred at and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park consists of portions of the Lower Town, the former Storer College campus, landscapes associated with the national historical park’s Civil War significance, and lands preserving the historic viewshed down the Potomac River. This historic structures report concerns the civil war fortifications in the Bolivar Heights area of Harpers Ferry. There exist, in varying degrees of visibility, the main line along the military crest of the ridge from near the Potomac River to the Charles Town Road, U.S. 340. The earthwork varies from an almost indistinct trace to a trench as much as 24" deep and a wall to 36" in height.

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Published Report
Authors
King, Clyde
Date of Issue
1964-02-10
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
HAFE , NCR
Keywords
Bolivar Heights, Civil War, earthworks, fortification, military fortifications
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 045463: Bolivar Heights; Battery No. 1 , CRIS-HS: 101369: Bolivar Heights; Earthwork on Old Furnace Road , CRIS-HS: 045466: Bolivar Heights; Earthworks & Magazine , CRIS-HS: 000575: Bolivar Heights; Infantry Trench , CRIS-HS: 045464: Bolivar Heights; Magazine , CRIS-HS: 101368: Bolivar Heights; Old Furnace Road , CRIS-HS: 045462: Bolivar Heights; Prospect Road Trace

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