After its earthen walls were wiped out by the construction of an oil terminal in the early 1900s, the landmark water battery that defended Gloucester Point during the Civil War passed rapidly from ...

Fort Reno offers nice views, but the Civil War traces are gone, and the greatest draw for a kid is searching for the seal marking the District’s highest point.

A climate activist with a radical protest group smeared red paint on a Civil War exhibit honoring Black soldiers killed during a key 1863 battle.

A Civil War-era cannonball was discovered and safely removed at Fort Sumter National Historic Park in South Carolina on Saturday, according to local news reports. Emergency services were called to ...

Washington’s Territorial House of Representatives “memorialized” Congress – that is, asked them – for a new road in December 1855, because of concerns over the looming treaty war.

“Balloon View of Washington, 1861” is on display through Nov. 15 in “How the Civil War Changed Washington” at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum. (Collection of the U. S. House of ...

At Fort Stevens, the only Civil War battle site in DC, President Lincoln came under fire. Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress. 7. Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office 437½ Seventh St., NW. It ...

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Object Details Author Harrison, Robert 1944-Notes ANAC copy 39088020232922 gift of Alcione Amos. Contents Foreword / by Phillipp Schofield -- Introduction -- Wartime Washington -- The Freedmen's ...

By 1865, Fort Willard was southernmost of 68 forts and 93 batteries armed with over 800 cannons protecting Washington. A Civil War cannon manufactured by Steen at Fort Willard Park. Photo by ...

Washington Stage Guild Wraps Up Season With Richard Strand's Civil War Set BEN BUTLER . Performances begin March 23 - 25 with four Pay-What-You-Can previews and run until April 16, 2023.

Fort Totten was constructed between 1861 and 1863 as part of the Northern defenses during the Civil War. The fort was named in honor of Brig. Gen. Joseph G. Totten, Chief Engineer in the U.S. Army ...