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Fort Runyon was a timber and earthwork fort constructed by the Union Army following the occupation of northern Virginia in the American Civil War in order to defend the southern approaches to the Long
An interior sketch of Fort Runyon, showing activity at the fort during August 1861. The Capitol building is faintly visible in the background, across the Potomac River.
Camp Princeton as it was originally named, 1861
Union soldiers cross the Long Bridge during the occupation of northern Virginia following that state's secession from the Union.
A sketch of Fort Runyon, as published in Harper's Weekly in November 1861. The sketch is an interior view of one of the fort's bastions.
The Civil War Defenses of Washington were a group of Union Army fortifications that protected the federal capital city, Washington, D.C., from invasion by the Confederate States Army during the Americ
Fort Runyon
…Fort Runyon Part of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia An interior sketch of Fort Runyon, showing activity at the fort during August 1861. The Capitol building is faintly visible in the…
Union Army soldiers with the 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment at Fort Totten in Washington, D.C. in August 1865
Fort Stevens in 2006
Battleground National Cemetery
Remains of connections between Fort O'Rourke and Fort Farnsworth still visible in the Huntington area of Fairfax County, Virginia