An entrance to Battleground National Cemetery, near Fort Stevens, Washington, D.C.

ID: 2758 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: between ca. 1910 and 1930

This file appears in: Battleground National Cemetery: Here lies fallen Union soldiers from the 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens.

This file appears in: Battleground National Cemetery: Here lies fallen Union soldiers from the 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens.

Battleground National Cemetery: Here lies fallen Union soldiers from the 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens.

By The DC Historic Sites team

In July 1864, the Battle of Fort Stevens marked the defeat of Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early’s campaign to launch an offensive attack on the national capital. During the battle, 59 Union…