Fort De Russy Earthworks in Rock Creek Park

ID: 5001 ~ Source: Photograph by Zachary Burt
This file appears in: Civil War Fort Sites and Fort Circle Park Historic District
Fort De Russy Earthworks in Rock Creek Park
This file appears in: Civil War Fort Sites and Fort Circle Park Historic District

As the seat of the Union at the intersection of the North and the South, Washington D.C. played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Throughout the progression of the conflict, D.C. constructed numerous fort sites around the city center to protect the…