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Mason's Hill
Columbia Pike,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 50' 16.265544",
-77° 9' 48.65346"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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During the Civil War, Confederate Col. J. E. B. Stuart used Mason's Hill and nearby Munson's Hill as outposts for the First Virginia Cavalry from late July to the end of Sept. 1861. Capt. Edward Porter Alexander of the Signal Corps established a signal station on Mason's Hill. On the Mason residence's observation tower, he installed a six-foot astronomical glass to observe Washington, D.C. The telescope could count the panes of glass in the windows in Washington. Confederate spy E. Pliny Bryan, of Maryland, was to signal messages from his District rooming-house window to the station. Before this scheme could be implemented, however, the Confederates abandoned Mason's Hill.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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