Battery Cameron
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| Battery Cameron | |
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| Part of Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C. | |
| District of Columbia Near Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) in United States | |
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| Controlled by | Union Army |
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Battery Cameron was a Union Army defensive site during the Civil War. Battery Cameron was one in a chain of fortifications in the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., also known as the "Fort Circle". The battery was located atop a hill on Foxhall Road at what is now the intersection of Foxhall and Whitehaven Parkway, NW. The battery included two 100-pound Parrott rifles, placed in such a way as to sweep Aqueduct Bridge, and Virginia beyond.
The site on which Battery Cameron was located is now a reservoir. The property is administered by the Army Corps of Engineers. Its neighbors are the German Embassy (to the south), and George Washington University's Mount Vernon Campus (to the north).