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The Battery remained here until the end of May 1863, when they left to garrison Fort Ramsey and Fort Buffalo near Upton Hill, VA (east of Falls Church, VA). By June, they returned to Washington. They left the capital on 28 October 1863, now becoming part of the reserve artillery stationed in Nashville, TN.
Upton continued his newspaper activities from his home in Virginia for over three decades. [5] By the time the Civil War opened in 1861, Upton had built a fine home atop the hill, on the northeast corner of today's Wilson Boulevard and McKinley Street. The home was surrounded by fruit orchards and was a working estate.
Mark Matthews (August 7, 1894 – September 6, 2005) was an American soldier. Born in Alabama and growing up in Ohio, Matthews joined the 10th Cavalry Regiment when he was only 15 years old, after having been recruited at a Lexington, Kentucky racetrack and having documents forged so that he appeared to meet the minimum age of 17.
Upton Birnie Jr. was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on 7 July 1877, a son of clothing store manager Upton Birnie and Susan (Galt) Birnie. [1] [2] His brother Samuel Galt Birnie (1875–1938) was a prominent attorney in Philadelphia. [2] [3] His uncle Rogers Birnie (1851–1939) was a career U.S. Army officer who retired as a colonel. [2] [4]
Upton Hill Regional Park [1] features picnic areas, a water park, batting cages, and a miniature golf course. The miniature golf course includes what was once the world's longest miniature golf hole, at 140 feet (43 m). The course was designed by minigolf designer Jim Bryant. [2]
Munson's Hill is a part of this encircling chain, along with Mason's Hill to its immediate southeast and Upton's and Minor's hills to its northwest. Munson's Hill takes its name from Daniel O. Munson, who moved to a 180-acre (0.73 km 2 ) farm on the hill in 1851 and opened an extensive nursery, later called Munson Hill Nurseries, which operated ...
Byrd inherited his family's estate of approximately 179,000 acres of land in Virginia and continued their tradition of serving as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He chose to fight in the French and Indian War rather than spend much time in Richmond. In 1756 he was colonel of the Second Virginia Regiment. [2]
The 23rd Ohio arrived in Washington, and camped in Northern Virginia, across the Potomac at Upton Hill. [46] The regiment was brigaded along with other troops from the Kanawha in the 1st Brigade of the of Kanawha Division. Col. Scammon being the senior colonel took command of the 1st Brigade and the 39-year-old Hayes assumed command of the ...