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|   Fort Lyon Artillery Trench
in U.S. Civil War Sites Remains of an artillery trench associated with Fort Lyon, Alexandria Virginia. Part of the Arlington Line of the Civil War Defenses of Washington. posted by:  telesonic location: Virginia date approved: 2/24/2008 last visited: never |
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| Fort Willard in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Willard Park, Alexandria Virginia. This small suburban park, located in the center of a traffic circle and surrounded by private homes, contains the remains of Fort Willard, part of the Arlington Line of the Civil War Defenses of Washington. posted by: telesonic location: Virginia date approved: 2/24/2008 last visited: 7/20/2008 |
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| Wilkes Street Tunnel - Alexandria, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites During the civil war, this railroad tunnel was used by union troops to ship supplies to the south from Washington, D.C. posted by:  bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 3/15/2016 last visited: 7/19/2022 |
 view gallerySE4.5 km | The Defenses of Washington - Fort Washington DC in U.S. Civil War Sites At the start of the Civil War, Washington was protected by only one fort, Fort Washington guarding the Potomac River approach. The capital city was uncomfortably close to Confederate forces operating in Northern Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/29/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallerySE4.5 km | Northwest Bastion - Fort Washington MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Protecting the fort against land attack
Armed with smaller field and siege guns, the landward bastions could deliver a sustained cannonade of 12- and 30-pounder shells. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/28/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallerySE4.5 km | King's Depression Carriage - Fort Washington MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Capt. Rufus King, Jr. devised a counterweight system and front-pintle mount that would allow the 49,000 pdr. Rodman Gun to depress during loading. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/29/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view gallerySE4.5 km | Fort Foote Protecting the Nation’s Capital - Fort Washington MD in U.S. Civil War Sites High on a bluff, a hundred feet above the Potomac River, twelve heavy guns commanded the approach to the city. Smaller cannon were placed to protect Fort Foote from landward attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/28/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
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| Fort Washington - Fort Washingon MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Washington 1861 to 1865-As sectional differences increased and the country moved closer to the horror of civil war, Fort Washington found itself in a precarious position near the Nation's Capital. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/21/2022 last visited: 3/21/2022 |
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| Trophy of War - Arlington, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Arlington National Cemetery. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 9/11/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryN10.3 km | Arlington House - Arlington, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The home of Robert E. Lee located at Arlington National Cemetery. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 9/11/2021 last visited: 8/30/2022 |
 view galleryN10.3 km | Evolving Vision - Arlington, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Arlington National Cemetery. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 9/11/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryN10.3 km | Devision and Reunification - Arlington, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Arlington National Cemetery. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 9/11/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryN11.6 km | The National Mall & The Civil War - District of Columbia in U.S. Civil War Sites The National Mall and the Civil War. posted by: m&m O location: District of Columbia date approved: 7/20/2019 last visited: 1/12/2023 |
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| Orange & Alexandria Railroad Culvert in U.S. Civil War Sites Culvert under the original bed of the O&A RR, used by Confederate raiders to hide and wait for passing trains to sabotage posted by: hzoi location: Virginia date approved: 1/25/2022 last visited: 1/25/2022 |
 view galleryNE14.3 km | Fort Dupont - Washington DC in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Dupont was an earthwork fort built in 1861 as part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, completed in spring 1862, and in use till 1865 when it was abandoned. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 3/18/2022 last visited: 3/18/2022 |
 view galleryN16.7 km | Fort Marcy, Virginia-A Civil War Defense of Washington - Mc Lean VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Virginia approaches to the Chain Bridge were guarded by Fort Marcy on the old Leesburg Turnpike and Fort Ethan Allen on the Military Road. These sites were occupied by Union troops on September 24, 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/6/2020 last visited: 10/4/2021 |
 view galleryNE18.7 km | "Battery Jameson, Fort Lincoln" in U.S. Civil War Sites Battery Jameson - Original earthworks of Fort Lincoln, Bladensburg, Maryland posted by: Rivers End location: Maryland date approved: 8/10/2006 last visited: 6/29/2013 |
 view galleryN19.8 km | “Get Down You Fool” Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites Hearing those words, President Abraham Lincoln ducked down from the Fort Stevens parapet during the Civil War battle that stopped the Confederates from taking Washington. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN19.8 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 11-12, 1864, Fort Stevens was the focal point of a Confederate attack by Gen. Jubal Early with his force of 15,000 soldiers. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN20 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 11-12, 1864 Fort Stevens defended the city from a Confederate attack under the command of General Jubal Anderson Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN20 km | Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens
July 12, 1864
Erected 1920 by The Associated Survivors Sixth Army Corps, Washington, D.C. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN20.6 km | Battleground National Cemetery Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites After the rebels were turned back as the Battle of Fort Stevens ended in 1864, scores of Union Soldiers lay cold and silent. Forty-one of them are buried here in this tiny plot dedicated to their sacrifice. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
 view galleryN20.6 km | Battleground National Cemetery - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites During the late evening of July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers that perished while defending Washington DC from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were laid to rest here in what was once an apple orchard. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 10/1/2021 |
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| Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford in U.S. Civil War Sites Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford — Prince William County Historical Commission posted by: heaven03 location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: 2/2/2020 |
 view galleryN22.2 km | The Civil War in Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Civil War in Silver Spring historical marker is located in Jesup Blair Park in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Maryland date approved: 11/25/2015 last visited: 5/9/2019 |
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