Camp Barry

File:1861 Map Detail showing the Corcoran properties near Boundary Street NE and H Street NE.png

It was located on the "Corcoran Farm located on H Street NE near the Bladingsburg Tollgate".Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries), & Civil War Round Table of New York. (1900). The Dispatch. New York, N.Y.: Civil War Round Table of New York.A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War by William SchoulerThe History of Battery H, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861–1865 – Earl Fenner – 1894

William W. Corcoran owned several sections of land around the Tollgate as seen on maps at the time. These included:

• "Trinidad" (now Trinidad, Washington, D.C.)
• "Long Meadow" (later part of Graceland Cemetery and now part of the Carver Langston neighborhood)
• "Mount Hamilton" further north on the Bladingsburg Turnpike.

While the exact location is not known, all the descriptions of the camp mention the Bladingsburg tollgate as being close by. It is generally believed that it was located on "Long Meadow".[http://www.fortwiki.com/Camp_Barry Fort Wiki –]MarkerHunter – [https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/finley-general-hospital]/

It was established as a artillery camp for the instruction of all volunteer batteries, drills and discipline preparation for service in the field as well as an artillery depot.[http://www.fortwiki.com/Camp_Barry FortWiki – Camp Barry] Originally setup with Sibley tents, wooden barracks were built in the winter of 1862–1863.

The following troops barracked at the camp:

• Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery from October 28, 1862, to January 19, 1863. It replaced the James rifled guns they had received in Rhode Island with three-inch ordnance guns there. They were the first to move in the wooden barracks on January 1, 1863
• 12th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (Union Ohio Volunteers) from June 1863 to September 1863.National Park Service – Union Ohio Volunteers – 12th Independent Battery – Ohio Light Artillery [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0012YAL]
• 7th Battery Light Artillery ("G") (Union Maine volunteers) from the time they left the State of Maine on February 1, 1864, to April 25, 1864National Park Service – Union Main Volunteers – 1st Battalion – Maine Light Artillery [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UME0001BAL]
• 3rd Battery Light Artillery ("C") (Union Maine volunteers) from March 25, 1864, to July 5, 1864.
• 2nd Battery Light Artillery ("B") (Union Maine volunteers) from November 5, 1863, to April 25, 1864.
• 10th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery (Union New York Volunteers) July 1863 to June 1864.National Park Service – Union New York Volunteers – 10th Independent Battery – New York Light Artillery [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UNY0010YAL]
• 1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery (Union Maine Volunteers) from April 20, 1864, to July 30, 1864.
• 16th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery from July, 1864 to November 1864.National Park Service – Union Massachusetts Volunteers – 16th Independent Battery – Massachusetts Light Artillery [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UMA0016YAL]

On April 3, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, is captured by the Union Army. The Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, received a telegraph informing him of the news. The news spreads all over Washington, D.C., and Battery H of the 14th Pennsylvania Artillery started firing one hundred guns at the camp.With the Rambler – Evening Star – April 05, 1914 – Page 9

On Wednesday, May 17, 1865, during the Trial of the Murderer of President Lincoln, the Camp is mentioned by Lieutenant John J. Taffey, a prosecution witness when cross-examined by Mr. Doster. The Conspiracy Trial for the Murder of the President: And the Attempt to Overthrow the Government by the Assassination of Its Principal Officers, Volume 1 – Benjamin Perley Poore J.E. Tilton – 1865

File:Artillery Depot (Camp Barry) near Washington, D.C LCCN2012648042.jpg|Artillery Depot at Camp Barry

File:17th New York Battery Artillery Depot, (Camp Barry) near Washington, D.C LCCN2012649372.jpg|17th New York Battery at Camp Barry

File:Barracks and Officers' Quarters at Camp Barry.jpg|Plans for the Barracks and Officers' Quarters at Camp Barry, Washington DC

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