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Fort Bayard was an
earthwork fort constructed in 1861 northwest of Tenleytown in the District
of Columbia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the
American Civil War. It never faced major opposition during the conflict
and was decommissioned following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia. Named after Brigadier General George Dashiell Bayard,
who was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the site of the fort is in
Boundary Park, located at the intersection of River Road and Western
Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and is maintained by the U.S. National Park
Service. No trace of the fort remains, though a marker commemorating its
existence has been constructed by the Park Service. |
