Fort Totten Park is an American Civil War memorial on the site of a Union fort in Washington, DC. It is under the management of the National Park Service.
Fort Totten during the Civil War
Officers of Companies A and B 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery and crew of 100-pdr Parrott gun on iron barbette carriage at Fort Totten
Sergeants of 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with gun and caisson at Fort Totten
Officers of 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Joseph Gilbert Totten fought in the War of 1812, served as Chief of Engineers and was regent of the Smithsonian Institution and cofounder of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1836, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Joseph Gilbert Totten
Brief Observations On Common Mortars, Hydraulic Mortars, and Concretes