Talk:Vaucluse (plantation)

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is the location Fort Ward (Virginia)? near Arlington, per source, once was Fairfax county then annexed by Alexandria city. I see the Alexandria city library has a drawer on the subject, i will take a look. Pohick2 (talk) 00:32, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

nope - Fort Worth, shown on civil war era map Pohick2 (talk) 21:52, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

also sketch of house by Edwin J Meeker, will work on permissions Pohick2 (talk) 23:01, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Vaucluse is near what became Fort Worth.

Muckross was the 60 acre estate of Arthur Herbert.  The home built around 1830 was demolished during the Civil War, along with all the outbuildings, fences, and trees, and Ft. Worth was constructed on the hilltop where the house had stood in 1861. The Southern Churchman, an Episcopal Church publication at that time, also reported in July 4, 1862 reported that “Major Herbert’s house has been demolished and a fort with tents occupies the hill on which it stands.”

The property was confiscated during the Civil War “to punish treason and confiscate property of Rebels”. The property was sold to a William Silvey, Jr. of the U.S. Army on July 19, 1864 for $125. After the War, in 1866 Arthur Herbert bought the property back for $1600. The deed conveyed “buildings, building materials and improvements of every kind.” Herbert built a new house on the masonry walls of the south powder magazine of Ft. Worth (Cooling and Owen 1988).

Arthur Herbert was born in the Carlyle House, Alexandria, 7/27/1829 and was one of the founders of the Herbert-Burke Bank established in 1852. He was appointed Colonel (CSA), 17th Virginia Infantry. He was a prominent supporter of the Protestant Theological Seminary serving on the Board of Trustees for 50 years until 1917 and as Treasurer from 1890-1911. He died on February 23, 1919 and is buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery.

Vaucluse was destroyed during the Civil War, primarily to clear trees and build the rifle trenches connecting Fort Ward to Fort Worth

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