Fort Stevens
Washington DC
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Fort Stevens, now partially restored
and maintained by the National
Park Service. , was built
to defend the approaches to Washington from the 7th Street Pike (now
Georgia Avenue) which was then the main thoroughfare from the north into
Washington. Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that
state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brig. Gen. Isaac
Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly (Fair Oaks),
Virginia, September 1, 1862.
The remains of 41 Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Fort Stevens
are buried on the grounds of nearby Battleground
National Cemetery. |
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Fort Stevens was part of
the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the
American Civil War. It was constructed in 1861 as "Fort Massachusetts" and
later enlarged by the Union Army and renamed "Fort Stevens" after Brig.
Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly,
Virginia, on September 1, 1862. |
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