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Upton's Hill, or Upton Hill, is a geographic eminence located in western Arlington County, Virginia. Its summit rises to 413 feet (126 m) above sea level and is located in Fairfax County just over the Arlington county boundary and just east of the driveway to Upton Hill Regional Park, near the batting cage.
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.
Emory Upton depicted on the 121st New York Infantry Regiment monument at Gettysburg National Military Park. Upton was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery, transferring to the 5th U.S. Artillery as a first lieutenant on May 14, assigned to Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, as an aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler.
The batting cages include nine baseball and softball cages. It is owned and operated by the NOVA Parks agency of Northern Virginia. Upton's Hill played a locally important role during the Civil War, as the Union Army command used the site as its headquarters. A large masonry fort was constructed opposite the road, at the hill's topmost point.
A remarkable photograph of an American bald eagle perched atop of a veteran's gravestone went viral on Memorial Day, and reminded the nation the true reason for the national holiday.Sunday evening ...
The regiment was joined to the 3rd Virginia Regiment on May 12, 1779. General William Russell and Col. Josiah Parker were two of its commanders. Among the negroes serving in the 5th Virginia was James Due. Due was a soldier under the command of Captain John Hawkins of Maryland.
Members of the U.S. Army Presidential Salute Battery, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard," fire cannon salutes during a training exercise at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Jan. 15, 2013. The exercise is being conducted in preparation of the 57th Presidential Inauguration scheduled for Jan. 21, 2013.
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 ...