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|   “Get Down You Fool” Battleground to Community - Washington D.C.
in Signs of History Hearing those words, President Abraham Lincoln ducked down from the Fort Stevens parapet during the Civil War battle that stopped the Confederates from taking Washington. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/12/2022 last visited: 09/13/2022 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km |  “Get Down You Fool” Battleground to Community - Washington D.C.
in U.S. Civil War Sites Hearing those words, President Abraham Lincoln ducked down from the Fort Stevens parapet during the Civil War battle that stopped the Confederates from taking Washington. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials On July 11-12, 1864 Fort Stevens defended the city from a Confederate attack under the command of General Jubal Anderson Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/07/2023 last visited: 07/13/2013 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km |  Fort Stevens - Washington D.C.
in People-Named Places Fort Stevens is located at 6001 13th Street Northwest, Washington DC 20011. Fort Steven was built between 1861-1863. This structure and guarded the northern defenses of the nation’s capital during the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 11/21/2023 last visited: 07/13/2013 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in Signs of History On July 11-12, 1864 Fort Stevens defended the city from a Confederate attack under the command of General Jubal Anderson Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/12/2022 last visited: 07/13/2013 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km |  Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
in Wikipedia Entries The fort 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/12/2022 last visited: 07/13/2013 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 11-12, 1864 Fort Stevens defended the city from a Confederate attack under the command of General Jubal Anderson Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| Aunt Betty's Story-Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in Signs of History Elizabeth Proctor Thomas (1821-1917), a free Black woman whose image appears on each Brightwood Heritage Trail sign, once owned 11 acres in this area. Known, respectfully in her old age as "Aunt Betty," Thomas and her husband James farmed here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 09/25/2021 |
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in Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln was the only president to come into danger from enemy fire when he visited Fort Stevens during a battle on July 12, 1864. posted by:  HaricotVert_52 location: District of Columbia date approved: 05/29/2009 last visited: 09/13/2022 |
 view galleryW0.2 km | Battle of Fort Stevens - Washington DC in Signs of History The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864 in what is now Northwest Washington, DC, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between Confederate and Union forces. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/12/2022 last visited: 09/13/2022 |
 view galleryW0.2 km | Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 11-12, 1864, Fort Stevens was the focal point of a Confederate attack by Gen. Jubal Early with his force of 15,000 soldiers. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 07/13/2013 |
 view galleryW0.2 km |  Fort Stevens - Washington D.C.
in Historic Forts Built between 1861-1863 this structure was originally called Fort Massachusetts and guarded the northern defenses of the nation’s capital during the Civil War. On July 11-12, 1864 Fort Stevens defended the city from a Confederate attack under the command of General Jubal Anderson Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/29/2020 last visited: 10/23/2021 |
 view galleryW0.2 km |  Battle of Fort Stevens - Washington DC
in Battlefields The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864 in what is now Northwest Washington, DC, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 11/08/2020 last visited: 07/13/2013 |
 view galleryNW0.2 km | Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens
July 12, 1864
Erected 1920 by The Associated Survivors Sixth Army Corps, Washington, D.C. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryW0.3 km | Battleground to Community-School Days-Dictrict of Columbia in Signs of History Brightwood Heritage Trail #6-School Days-The School building just ahead of you opened in 1912 as the Military Road School, the area's third public elementary for African Americans. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 12/25/2019 last visited: 09/25/2021 |
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| Battleground National Cemetery-Battleground to Community - Washington DC in Signs of History After the rebels were turned back as the Battle of Fort Stevens ended in 1864, scores of Union Soldiers lay cold and silent. Forty-one of them are buried here in this tiny plot dedicated to their sacrifice. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/12/2022 last visited: 09/13/2022 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Battleground National Cemetery - Washington DC in Wikipedia Entries Located in northwest Washington, D.C., Battleground National Cemetery is one of the smallest national cemeteries in the country. The cemetery is the final resting place for 41 of the Union soldiers who fought at the nearby Battle of Fort Stevens. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 11/27/2023 last visited: 11/27/2023 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Battleground National Cemetery Battleground to Community - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites After the rebels were turned back as the Battle of Fort Stevens ended in 1864, scores of Union Soldiers lay cold and silent. Forty-one of them are buried here in this tiny plot dedicated to their sacrifice. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryN0.8 km |  Battleground National Cemetery - Washington DC
in Worldwide Cemeteries Located in northwest Washington, D.C., Battleground National Cemetery is one of the smallest national cemeteries in the country. The cemetery is the final resting place for 41 of the Union soldiers who fought at the nearby Battle of Fort Stevens. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 11/27/2023 last visited: 11/27/2023 |
 view galleryN0.8 km |  Battleground National Cemetery - Washington DC
in Veteran Cemeteries Located in northwest Washington, D.C., Battleground National Cemetery is one of the smallest national cemeteries in the country. The cemetery is the final resting place for 41 of the Union soldiers who fought at the nearby Battle of Fort Stevens. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/13/2022 last visited: 09/13/2022 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Battleground National Cemetery - Washington D.C. in Signs of History During the late evening of July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers that perished while defending Washington DC from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were laid to rest here in what was once an apple orchard. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/12/2022 last visited: 09/13/2022 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Battleground National Cemetery - Washington D.C. in U.S. Civil War Sites During the late evening of July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers that perished while defending Washington DC from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were laid to rest here in what was once an apple orchard. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/08/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Battleground National Cemetery - Washington D.C. in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials During the late evening of July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers that perished while defending Washington DC from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were laid to rest here in what was once an apple orchard. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/07/2023 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
 view galleryN0.8 km |  Battleground National Cemetery - Washington D.C.
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places During the late evening of July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers that perished while defending Washington DC from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were laid to rest here in what was once an apple orchard. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 09/08/2023 last visited: 09/08/2023 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | The 25th New York Cavalry - Washington D.C. in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials (Bronze plaque at the base) Erected by the State of New York in honor of the 25th N.Y. Vol. Cav. posted by: Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 10/11/2020 last visited: 10/23/2021 |
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