Civil War Fortification at Barnesville, also known as Fort Barnesville, is a historic American Civil War fortification located at Deer Run State Forest near Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was built in 1863, and consists of a horseshoe shaped redoubt. It measures approximately 150 feet long and 135 feet wide.[2]: 5
Civil War Fortification at Barnesville | |
Location | Deer Run State Forest, near Ellington, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 37°13′10″N 90°59′14″W / 37.21944°N 90.98722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1863 |
NRHP reference No. | 98000817[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 1, 1998 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gerald Angel and Alien Tatman (April 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Civil War Fortification at Barnesville" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 50 photographs from 1998)