Giesboro cavalry depot
Depot, Washington (Giesboro Point), District of Columbia.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Washington (Giesboro Point), District of Columbia
- Years
- 1863-1865
- Today
- Marker only
GIESBORO CAVALRY DEPOT
Union Army cavalry depot on the Potomac from 1863, on the rented Giesboro estate beside Camp Stoneman. The depot stockade could hold more than 30,000 horses, with hospital and administration buildings and barracks. Fort Carroll was built above it for protection. It stayed in use until 1866.
Then
The Union Army rented George Washington Young's Giesboro estate on the Potomac for $6,000 a year, and from 1863 it held a large cavalry depot beside a cavalry camp, Camp Stoneman, named for Cavalry Bureau chief George Stoneman. The depot stockade could hold more than 30,000 horses, with hospital and administration buildings and barracks. Fort Carroll was built on the ridge above to protect the depot.
The depot stayed in use until 1866.
Now
Marker only
The site lies inside Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, and no trace of Camp Stoneman or the depot survives. A marker stands at the entrance to the Giesboro Park athletic fields.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 1.3 miles away.
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