{"id":65,"date":"2022-10-24T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodforkgenealogy.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2022-10-28T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:49:45","slug":"a-p-hill-military-reservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/woodforkgenealogy.com\/caroline-county-virginia\/a-p-hill-military-reservation\/","title":{"rendered":"A.P. Hill Military Reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1940, the War Plans Division of the Army General Staff developed a plan to establish an army of 4 million men capable of simultaneously operating on the East and West coast. The project also called for a military reservation of approximately 60,000 acres to be used as a training facility.<\/p>\n

The Bowling Green area of Caroline County, Virginia, was selected as the site for the new military reservation. The citizens of Caroline County opposed the creation of the army reservation because of its negative impact on their community. Eventually, the government got their wishes and moved forward with the plan. The military reservation was named Fort AP Hill in honor of the Confederate Civil War Lieutenant General Ambrose P. Hill.<\/p>\n

In 1941, the government began to purchase property, and the citizens were required to\u00a0relocate<\/a>. Many buildings, including homes, churches, and schools, were demolished. Some\u00a0churches<\/a>\u00a0moved to another location; others ceased to exist. Mica High School was the only school left standing. It became the headquarters for the military reservation.\u00a0Graves<\/a>\u00a0were exhumed and moved to other cemeteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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