Fort Boreman
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Fort Boreman
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A view of the hill that makes up the former Fort Boreman
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| Location | Fort Boreman Drive, Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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]
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- Pages with broken file links
- Buildings and structures in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Forts in West Virginia
- West Virginia in the American Civil War
- American Civil War sites
- Buildings and structures completed in 1863
- 1863 establishments in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
