Trivia #9 Star Fort (4/9/2014)

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What Union General built "Star Fort" near Winchester, Virginia?
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[Stony]

Robert H Milroy

 

[BlueGrayBlood]

Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy's troops began constructing the fort in January 1863 on the site of artillery emplacements Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's men had built in 1861. Milroy, a fervent abolitionist, used stone from the nearby home of U.S. Senator James Mason, author of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Star Fort commanded the Martinsville Turnpike and the Pughtown Road.

 

[adisciu9]

Union General Robert Milroy

 

[Dbersh]

Robert Milroy

 

[101combatvet]

Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy

 

[Bob Owen]

Robert H. Milroy

 

[chellers]

Gen. Robert H. Milroy

http://www.shenandoah.stonesentinels.com/Winchester/Star_Fort.php
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/12-star-fort-7-17-2013.86892/

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Civil War News, http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/07/starfort.htm states: "Star Fort, initially called Fort Alabama, was built in late 1861 or early 1862 by troops under Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Like all of the fortifications around Winchester it was later occupied and improved by armies from both sides."

However, the website Stone Sentinels at http://www.shenandoah.stonesentinels.com/Winchester/Star_Fort.php states that a marker at that location says: "Three times during the Civil War, Star Fort played a major role in the defense of Winchester. Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy's troops began constructing the fort in January 1863 on the site of artillery emplacements Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's men had built in 1861. Milroy, a fervent abolitionist, used stone from the nearby home of U.S. Senator James Mason, author of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Star Fort commanded the Martinsville Turnpike and the Pughtown Road."
Since the question asks what UNION General built it, I will answer: Gen. Robert H. Milroy.

 

[theoldman]

Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

Robert H Milroy

 

[hoosier]

Gen. Robert Milroy

 

[Grateful Southerner]

Robert h milroy

 

[ErnieMac]

Robert H. Milroy.

 

[DickWilliams]

General Robert H. Milroy

 

[gary]

Robert Milroy

 

[Eagle eye]

Gen. Robert Milroy USA

 

[Mark Howard]

General Thomas J Stonewalls men built it in 1861

Edit - Sorry, Mark Howard, your answer is incorrect. The question asked for a Union general. The Union general who constructed Star Fort was Milroy. While Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (whose last name wasn't Stonewall) built something on the site earlier, he wasn't a Union general and what he built wasn't Star Fort.

Welcome to the trivia game, anyway. Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[AUG]

Brig. Gen. Robert H. Milroy

 

[godofredus]

General Robert H. Milroy