Civil War Cannons Fort Stevens, NW Washington DC

ID: 5008 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division ~ Creator: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer. ~ Date: c. 2010
This file appears in: Civil War Fort Sites and Fort Circle Park Historic District
Civil War Cannons Fort Stevens, NW Washington DC
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…