Camp French

Address Restricted, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia. County/parish: Prince William.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 2008. NRIS 08001055.

Part of Campaigns for the Control of Navigation on the Lower Potomac River, 1861-1862, Virginia, Maryland, and DC, MPS (NRIS 64501024).

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 44PW0917
  • Camp Holms
  • Camp Mallory
  • (Confederate Cantonment at)Evansport
  • VDHR File No.076-5313

From Wikipedia:

Camp French

Camp French (44PW0917) was the site of a major Confederate Army encampment in the US state of Virginia between March 1861 and August 1862. It was located behind Fort French which was renamed Fort Lee in 1863. Encompassing more than 150 acres (61 ha) on the grounds of the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, the site includes four large regimental camps. Archeological surveys conducted since 1994 have identified locations of winter huts, an arms magazine, and a target range. The site is partially occupied by the Medal of Honor Golf Course, and traversed by Fuller Road.

The Camp French site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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