Pointless Prize: Civil War History

[consularrider]

I rode out Trogs Neck in the Bronx to see Ft Schuyler, but the location is closed to the public so I couldn’t get an actual marker (again). It housed Confederate prisoners-of-war, was a hospital, guarded the entrance to the East River across from Ft Totten in Queens, and was a training and mustering out point.

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[kwarkentien]

“I rode out Trogs Neck in the Bronx…”

While all of us of a certain age loved “The Trogs,” might you actually have meant to type “Throgs Neck” instead?

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[bikesnick]

N Dinwiddie Street in Arlington, VA.
James Dinwiddie was a surgeon and served in the Confederate Army.

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[AlanA]

@bikesnick 205670 wrote:

N Dinwiddie Street in Arlington, VA.
James Dinwiddie was a surgeon and served in the Confederate Army.

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Hah! And Spencer Dinwiddie plays for the Brooklyn Nets! He used to ride his bicycle around the hills of Arlington! (I may have made up that last part).
And, PS. How on earth did you ever find out that piece of info? That is some serious research!!

[lordofthemark]

There certainly are a lot of different civil war related markers and street names around here.

I have found myself taking a much narrower approach to this game. Basically doing markers only of forts. By doing so I have been led to several places I had never visited before, which of course means figuring out bike routes I had never tried before, which to me is one of the fun things about FS pointless prize games. So far all have been forts in NoVa, the so called Arlington Line, which as Paul Wilson pointed out, are not all in Arlington (I am still trying to learn when the line received that name, as Arlington County did not exist then, and not all the forts were close to the Custis-Lee Mansion called Arlington) For streets, I have only done streets in Alexandria named after CSA officers (since all new NS in west alexandria were so named for about 40 years, there are a lot)

I will probably diversify as I run out of places in the above categories. My next major goal is to explore the circle forts in DC. Hints about the best routes through greater Anacostia to the circle forts from the Wilson bridge will be appreciated.

[bikesnick]

Wallace Drive in Falls Church, VA.

Lew Wallace was a lawyer, author and Union general in the Civil War. He wrote Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a best selling novel.

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[Brownws]

@lordofthemark 205761 wrote:

There certainly are a lot of different civil war related markers and street names around here.

I have found myself taking a much narrower approach to this game. Basically doing markers only of forts. By doing so I have been led to several places I had never visited before, which of course means figuring out bike routes I had never tried before, which to me is one of the fun things about FS pointless prize games. So far all have been forts in NoVa, the so called Arlington Line, which as Paul Wilson pointed out, are not all in Arlington (I am still trying to learn when the line received that name, as Arlington County did not exist then, and not all the forts were close to the Custis-Lee Mansion called Arlington) For streets, I have only done streets in Alexandria named after CSA officers (since all new NS in west alexandria were so named for about 40 years, there are a lot)

I will probably diversify as I run out of places in the above categories. My next major goal is to explore the circle forts in DC. Hints about the best routes through greater Anacostia to the circle forts from the Wilson bridge will be appreciated.

If you start frome the west side it might be more enjoyable. You could take mt Vernon up to 14th accross and exit pedestrian bridge by the “waterfront” make your way to nats satium snd across Souza bridge to as Anacostia trail then east and over to fort circle park. From there they are nicely connected (particularly if you have a cross or mt bike)

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[bikesnick]

Minor’s Hill, is the highest elevation in Arlington County (VA) and was the site of a Confederate outpost.

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[bikesnick]

Benjamin C. Truman was a journalist, author, war correspondent during the Civil War, and an authority on duels.

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(Double duty find for the Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt.)

[Boomer Cycles]

@bikesnick 205876 wrote:

Benjamin C. Truman was a journalist, author, war correspondent during the Civil War, and an authority on duels.

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(Double duty find for the Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt.)

Great minds think alike!

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[matteblack]

@bikesnick 205369 wrote:

The Battle of Hampton Roads took place in 1862. It was the first meeting of two ironclad warships, USS Monitor (Union) and CSS Virginia (Confederate). The Virginia was built on the hull of the USS Merrimack. The duel ended indecisively, but nations worldwide began changing shipbuilding practices.

This would go great with the Monitor and Merrimac formations just north of Moab on the road to Island in the Sky District at Canyonlands NP (although it might make for a long ride from here, it’s pretty easily done from downtown Moab).

[bikesnick]

Dr. Mary Walker served as a surgeon during the Civil War and received the Medal of Honor for her efforts. She is the only woman to ever receive the medal.

She volunteered for the Union Army, crossed enemy lines to treat wounded, was captured and arrested as a spy. After the war she wrote and lectured supporting the women’s suffrage movement. The Walker-Whitman Clinic in DC is named in her honor.

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[bikesnick]

David Stuart was a lawyer, member of Congress and officer in the Union Army. He enlisted, raised 2000 volunteers and equipped them at his own expense.

Stuart Place, Falls Church, VA
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[BicycleBeth]

@bikesnick 205954 wrote:

Dr. Mary Walker served as a surgeon during the Civil War and received the Medal of Honor for her efforts. She is the only woman to ever receive the medal.

She volunteered for the Union Army, crossed enemy lines to treat wounded, was captured and arrested as a spy. After the war she wrote and lectured supporting the women’s suffrage movement. The Walker-Whitman Clinic in DC is named in her honor.

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Super cool!

[BicycleBeth]

@lordofthemark 205761 wrote:

There certainly are a lot of different civil war related markers and street names around here.

I have found myself taking a much narrower approach to this game. Basically doing markers only of forts. By doing so I have been led to several places I had never visited before, which of course means figuring out bike routes I had never tried before, which to me is one of the fun things about FS pointless prize games. So far all have been forts in NoVa, the so called Arlington Line, which as Paul Wilson pointed out, are not all in Arlington (I am still trying to learn when the line received that name, as Arlington County did not exist then, and not all the forts were close to the Custis-Lee Mansion called Arlington) For streets, I have only done streets in Alexandria named after CSA officers (since all new NS in west alexandria were so named for about 40 years, there are a lot)

I will probably diversify as I run out of places in the above categories. My next major goal is to explore the circle forts in DC. Hints about the best routes through greater Anacostia to the circle forts from the Wilson bridge will be appreciated.

Fort Foote is an easy place to visit from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and there bike lanes and share the road signs to get there. I haven’t been to the Anacostia forts yet so I can’t help there.

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