Tag: Minor’s Hill Signal Tower (Minor’s Hill VA)

Wikipedia says: Minor’s Hill is a geographic eminence located in the western tip of Arlington County, Virginia. Its summit rises to 459 feet (139 meters) above sea level which makes it the highest point in the county. The hill is named after a man named George Minor who lived there at the time of the American Revolutionary War.

…During the war Union troops built a tall observation tower atop Minor’s Hill, and also ascended from the hill in hot-air balloons to gain better views of Confederate movements in Fairfax County. Several photographs and drawings survive which depict the tower, as well as military parades and also several of the military camps.