Battery Garesche or Battery Garesché was a Union Army artillery battery built as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War at what is now Abingdon Street at South 30th Road in Fairlington, Arlington County, Virginia. The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. In Military organizations an artillery battery is a unit of Guns mortars or Rockets so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state It was constructed in late 1861 to control the high ground over Fort Reynolds, 200 yards (200 m) to the southeast, and to protect it from Confederate attack from positions on Seminary Ridge. Fort Reynolds was a Union Army Redoubt built as part of the defenses of Washington D The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 It had a perimeter of 166 yards (152 m) and emplacements for 8 guns. A gun is a particular Weapon that propels Projectiles The projectile is generally fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel. Although located in Virginia, a Confederate state, this was part of the area near Washington that was never controlled by Confederate forces.

Battery Garesche historical marker

The battery was named after Lieutenant Colonel Julius P. Garesché who was killed on 31 December 1862 at the Battle of Murfreesborough (Battle of Stones River) in Tennessee. Julius Peter Garesché ( 26 April 1821 &ndash 31 December 1862) was an American professional soldier Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro (in the South, simply the Battle of Murfreesboro) was fought from December Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.

The battery no longer exists and is now noted only with a historical marker. A historical marker or historic marker is an indicator such as a plaque or Sign to commemorate an event or person of Historic interest