Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
A Civil War-era cannon at Fort Stevens in July 2006
Marker memorializing Abraham Lincoln's visit to the fort
District of Columbia. Detachment of Company K, 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, by guns of Fort Stevens
Civil War Defenses of Washington
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 American Civil War.
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