Fort Nonsense Ornament

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The military earthworks known as Fort Nonsense were built in 1861-1862 under the order of Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder and supervision of engineer Lt. William Henry Clark, CSA, using black enslaved labor to prevent Union forces from advancing westward from the Chesapeake Bay toward Richmond. Lt. Clark boarded at the home of the owner of the land and mill, William R. Smart. A letter written by Clark is datelined Ft. Roy, Smart’s Mill on 5 February 1862.