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|   Battleground National Cemetery-Battleground to Community - Washington DC
in Signs of History 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: 9/12/2022 last visited: 9/13/2022 |
 view gallery0 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 |
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| Battleground National Cemetery - Washington D.C. in Signs of History 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: 9/12/2022 last visited: 9/13/2022 |
 view galleryE0 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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| 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 galleryS0.6 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in Signs of History 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: 9/12/2022 last visited: 9/13/2022 |
 view galleryS0.6 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 galleryS0.8 km | Battle of Fort Stevens - Washington DC in Signs of History The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864 in what is now Northwest Washington, DC, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between Confederate and Union forces. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 9/12/2022 last visited: 9/13/2022 |
 view galleryS0.8 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 galleryS0.8 km |  Fort Stevens - Washington D.C.
in Historic Forts Built between 1861-1863 this structure was originally called Fort Massachusetts and guarded the northern defenses of the nation’s capital during the Civil War. 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: 10/29/2020 last visited: 10/23/2021 |
 view galleryS0.8 km |  Battle of Fort Stevens - Washington DC
in Battlefields The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864 in what is now Northwest Washington, DC, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryS0.8 km |  Fort Stevens - Washington DC
in Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln was the only president to come into danger from enemy fire when he visited Fort Stevens during a battle on July 12, 1864. posted by:  HaricotVert_52 location: District of Columbia date approved: 5/29/2009 last visited: 9/13/2022 |
 view galleryS0.8 km | “Get Down You Fool” Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in Signs of History 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: 9/12/2022 last visited: 9/13/2022 |
 view galleryS0.8 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 galleryS0.8 km | Aunt Betty's Story-Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in Signs of History Elizabeth Proctor Thomas (1821-1917), a free Black woman whose image appears on each Brightwood Heritage Trail sign, once owned 11 acres in this area. Known, respectfully in her old age as "Aunt Betty," Thomas and her husband James farmed here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/8/2020 last visited: 9/25/2021 |
 view galleryS1.1 km | Battleground to Community-School Days-Dictrict of Columbia in Signs of History Brightwood Heritage Trail #6-School Days-The School building just ahead of you opened in 1912 as the Military Road School, the area's third public elementary for African Americans. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 12/25/2019 last visited: 9/25/2021 |
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|  William L. Chaplin Arrested! - Silver Spring, MD
in Underground Railroad Sites A marker at Jesup Blair Park in Silver Spring, Maryland, displays portraits of William L. Chaplin, Senator Robert Toombs, and Senator Alexander H. Stephens and tells the story of Chaplin's arrest for helping slaves escape. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Maryland date approved: 5/22/2008 last visited: 5/9/2019 |
 view galleryN1.6 km | The Civil War in Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD in Signs of History 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 |
 view galleryN1.6 km | President Lincoln's Postmaster General - Silver Spring, MD in Abraham Lincoln An historical marker about the home of Montgomery C. Blair, President Lincoln's Postmaster General, is located in Jesup Park in Silver Spring, Maryland. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Maryland date approved: 11/25/2015 last visited: 5/9/2019 |
 view galleryN1.6 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 |
 view galleryN1.6 km | Jesup Blair House - Silver Spring, MD in Signs of History The Jesup Blair House historical marker is located adjacent to the house itself 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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|  Fort Totten Train Collision - Washington, D.C.
in Railway Disaster Sites Located at the intersection of South Dakota Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue NE DC. posted by: flyingmoose location: District of Columbia date approved: 3/18/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.1 km | Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD in Signs of History This is one of two historical markers at the Silver Spring in Silver Spring, MD. This plaque is attached to the stone wall surrounding the spring. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Maryland date approved: 11/25/2015 last visited: 6/10/2019 |
 view galleryN2.1 km | The Silver Spring - Silver Spring, MD in Signs of History This is one of two historical markers at the Silver Spring in Silver Spring, MD. This marker rests atop a pole. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Maryland date approved: 11/25/2015 last visited: 6/10/2019 |
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|  Rock Creek Park Historic District - Washington DC
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890 and today is administered by the National Park Service. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 3/24/2022 last visited: 3/19/2022 |
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