A Cathedral Pepper Sauce bottle excavated from one of the hillsides below Fort Worth in Alexandria, Virginia. Fort Worth was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed west of Alexandria, Virginia as part of the hot defenses of Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. Built in the weeks following the Union defeat at Bull Run, Fort Worth was situated on a hill north of Hunting Creek, and Cameron Run. From its position on one of the highest points west of Alexandria, the fort overlooked the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, the Little River Turnpike, and the southern approaches to the city of Alexandria. Today the site of Fort Worth sits within the boundaries of the City of Alexandria just off Seminary Road. The bottle has been in my collection for over 30 years. The area now has been completely built over.
This is one of the many Civil War bottles along with other military artifacts found there that had been thrown over the edge of the hill by the soldiers instead of using trash pits. The bottle was hand blown in a mold with an applied top rim. One style bottle of the Civil War period is the cathedral bottle. It followed the gothic style in vogue at the time and emulated the well-recognized church window form. Originally, this bottle would likely have included a cork stopper, perhaps sealed with wax and metal foil.
The bottle measures 2” by 8 1/2” tall. It has been cleaned with no damage. I have included this in the “Civil War Artifacts” section because it was found in a Civil War site.
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Product code: Cathedral Pepper Sauce Bottle hot - Fort Worth - Alexandria, Virginia - Civil War