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Civil War Fort Sites.Pdf Form 10-306 (Oct. 1972) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 151974 m Civil War Fort Sites ©J \ AND/OR HISTORIC: '• t (individual Fort names listed in No, 7 Description) STREET AND NUMBER: Civil War Forts from Battery Kemble, N.W., to Fort Greble, S.l, CITY OR TOWN: CONGRESSIONAL. DISTRICT: Washington District of Columbia STATE: COUNTY: CODE District of Columbia 11 District of Columbia 001 til CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC |~1 District f~] Building [X| Public Public Acquisition: |~~| Occupied Yes: S] Site (17) d] Structure Q Private |~~1 In Process |X"| Unoccupied O Restricted Q Object CD Bot" [~~| Being Considered I | Preservation work [X] Unrestricted in progress a NO PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) [~~1 Agricultural Q Government S Park [ | Transportation I | Commercial | | Industrial | | Private Residence n Other (Specif. RffiW I 1 Educational I | Military [~~1 Religious stp-r-isfr- | | Entertainment [~~| Museum | | Scientific Department of the Interior, National Park Service REGIONAL. HEADQUARTERS: (If applicable) STREET AND NUMBER: National Capital Parks 11DO Ohio Drive^ SJ CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE Washington District of Columbia COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: National Capital Parks STREET AND NUMBER: 1100 Ohio Drive, S,W, CITY OR TOWN: Washington District of Columbia 11 TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: 1965 Federal State County Local National Capital Parks STREET AND NUMBER: 1100 Ohio Drive, S.W. CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE Washington District of Columbia 11 To (Check One) Q Excellent | Good I] Fair [~| Deteriorated [3§ Ruins DU nexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) [XjAltered |~~| Unaltered Q3 Moved (JJJ3 Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (//fcranvn) PH YSI C AU APPE ARANC E A representative group of forts erected around the Nation©s Capital have been acquired over several decades for park purposes. A list of those in the District of Columbia and their present condition are included below. The study "The Defenses of Washington 1861-1865©,©" prepared by Historian Stanley W. McClure, contains photographs showing conditions of some of these forts during the Civil War Period. Battery Kemble - Chain Bridge Road, N.W.; emplacements for two parrott rifles are well preserved. Western Avenue, N.W.; slight traces of works remain. Nebraska Avenue, N.W.; no visible historic remains. Rock Creek Park off-Military Road, N.W.; well preserved works in a natural state. Piney Branch Road, N.W.; partially reconstructed in 1937- 38 from original plans. Six replica cannons are mounted on appropriated field carriages on platforms, and one original Napoleon 12-pounder is in place. Fort Slocum Kansas Avenue, N.W.; no trace of main fort but evidences of rifle ©trenches and battery positions extend westward for several hundred feet. Fort Totten Fort Totten Drive, N.E.; fort earth works and rifle trenches well preserved. Fort Bunker Hill 14th Street, N.E.; little visible evidence of remains at fort site. Fort Lincoln Bladensburg Road, N,E»; little evidence of earthwork re mains associated with Fort Lincoln and nearby trenches and covered way. Fort Mahan Benning Road, N.E.; some evidence of earthworks visible. Fort Chaplin East Capitol Street; well preserved earthworks. Fort Dupont Fort Dupont Park, Alabama Avenue, S.E.; well preserved earthworks. Fort Davis - Alabama Avenue, S.E.; well preserved earthwork remains. Battery Ricketts Erie Street, S.E.; well preserved remains. Fort StanttOn -- Erie Street, S.E 0 ; substantial traces of fort works visible, Martin Luther King Avenue, S.E.; Some of the fort©s works preserved. Martin Luther King Avenue, S.Wj.; little visible evidence of remains. The former fort sites are on federal park land totaling some 1,300 acres. Most of the park areas are recreation sites used heavily by the neighbor hood or by National Park Service "Summer in the Parks" Day Camping Prorams.. TO NAT10INAL REGISTER |~~1 Pre-Columbian Q 18th Century f~| 20th Century Q 15th Century [XJ 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (It Applicable and Known) 1861-1865 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Aboriginal |~~1 Education Q Political [~1 Urban Planning |~~1 Prehistoric Q Engineering [3] Religion/Phi O Other (Specify; I | Historic [ | Industry losophy | | Agriculture I | Invention | |Science | | Architecture [| Landscape | | Sculpture O Art Architecture | | Social/Human | | Commerce || Literature itarian Q Communications [3 Military || Theater r~| Conservation Music | | Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Curing the American Civil War, Union Forces protected the Capital city by building a ring of forts around the city. The land involved in this circumferential defense system in the District of Columbia is now marked by an almost continuous twenty-three mile green belt of public land administered by the National Park Service. The foundations and revetments of many of these fortifications have returned to dust, but others were pre served because of their historic interest. Z O By the end of the Civil War in 1865, there were 68 enclosed forts and batteries, 93 unarmed batteries, three blockhouses, and 20 miles of trenches connecting the main defense works. This was at that time perhaps the strongest system of protection existing for any city in the world. Along the circumference of the entire 37 mile ring of defenses were emplacements I- </> for 1,501 guns, over 900 of which were in place. Z Because of their deterrent value, these fortifications freed Union Forces LU for offensive purposes. Without them, it is difficult to believe that a Ul uo leader as bold and as brilliant as Lee would not have sought to seize the symbol of the Union. These interesting applications of the 19th Century theory of field fortifications and modifications through four years of practical experience also provide valuable research material. Fort Stevens was the target of the only serious Confederate move against the Capital. General Early©s attack occurred on July 11-12, 1864, and was repulsed. It was during this attack that President Lincoln was subjected to rifle fire while visiting the scene of the battle. The^site occupied by the Fort Lincoln complex of fortifications during the Civil War was the scene of Commodore Barney©s engagement with the British on August 24, 1814. This temporary holding,action .permitted evacuation of important persons and documents prior to the capture and burning of the Capital by the British. ^-r~o © , U^iJ A Report on the Defenses of Washington to the Chief of EngirjLeers, U.S. Army, John G. Barnard, 1871. The Defenses of Washington, 1861*1865, by Stanley W. McClure (Rev. 1961). Records of the Office of the Chief Engi1neer and Office of the Quartermaster. General, National Archives. The War of the Rebellion: Series I, II, III, IV; 129 Vol. Wa shington 1880- 1901. LATITUDE AND LONGI TUDE COORDI NATES LATITUDE AND LON Gl TUDE COORDIN AT ES - 1 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY vJ OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 0,1, O,,, O i il O i ii NE o , ,, 0,-, (SEE CONTINUATION SHEET) SE ... o . ,. SW © .1-0 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED P ROP ER T Y : ApprOX . 17 filCTeS (an B.C."EQl Bach©) LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATES CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE m m STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE z COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE H C NAME AND TITLE: DATE: O Helen Dillon, Historian November 1972 H BUSINESS ADDRESS: O National Capital Parks Z STREET AND NUMBER: PHONE: 1100 Ohio Drive, S.W. 426-6957 CITY OR TOWN: S T A T E CODE Washington District p£ CplumM# 11 State Liaison Officer recommendation: I hereby certify that this property is included in the JSB.Yes A . / National Register. O No ( A I . j ©tate Liaison Offi <4r Signature In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation nominate this property to the National Register, certify ing that the State Liaison Officer has been allowed 90 ~~7// /*"""/£? i / days in which to present the nomination to the State Re" ///^>/f *~r view Board and to evaluate its significance. The recom Date ( * j mended level of significance is [ 1 National | | State 1 1 Local j>*~^ // ^ \ ,J£adetal Representative Signature Date ^^ /y^/Vx? Jteeper of The/National Register ./f ©Title Date_Jl 7//^/?/<£- ~- - J _/ ,GPO 938-449 Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORI C PLACES COUNTY INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Continuation Sheet) .1111 151974 (Number all entries) Latitude Longitude Deg. Min, Sec. Deg . Min. Sec. L- -^-^t - Battery Kemble >»j '$\ g_tfolH3lono 38 55 49.4 77 05 46.8 n Fort Bayard /?/ 2,1 sot £^M/O^O 38 57 18.7 -7777 05 29.4 i& Fort Reno it/amso/^/ 3/5V00 38 57 10.2 04 41.9 Fort DeRus_sy^ig{s<a^ / '''"**- ~ ^8 *^7 48.7 77 03 04.1 H F or t S t e ven sJ $ { 3<y r1 °/^>w$~A°, 3% 57 , 50.2 13 _ Fort Slocum !2jais9v> o/^/sN/vo 38 57 36.7 77 00 38.9 " ^Fort Totten /s/safeaq oj^sis-ido 38 56 51.8 77 00 18.5 1 Fort Bunker Hillj9/2 3-~i6>6olif3jj£t»ji) 38 56 06.7 76 2. ^ Fort Lincoln /e/J3o/9 °/43l Q /go 3^ 55 "42".31.0 6 76 57 ^ / Q Q ^ Q 7 /Fort Mahan / 8/33? 39,y^ 30&9YO .__.. 76 ~56 41.6 Fort Chaplin /a/*, ,.,, * " ( O yS I "y ( *oM3Q$~'- %LlO 3^ 53 19.0 56 34.0 * O Q CO 5- Fort Dupont /s/gs/^c / iISo L/3.oc> JO Jfc 22.1 76 56 26.3 6 - Fort Davis is/as^^ 'M/3o3 <$~6~O 38 51 59.6 76 57 06.7 - Battery Ricketts /8/3^3ff^/-«^-)38 ^^ 24.5 76 58 32.8 F or t S t an t on / a 1 33 $ o^_O _! i ^4 SwJiZcf < ^ ^ *^5f*v=- /o - J O - - _ -- J^ ...X - _ - 29.5 76 58 54.9 , / , Qft 50 ^Fort CarrolT/©eTaa^Vf» Ql'-l3>Oot/kQ JU 16.4 77 00 24.7 ^ Fort Greble ,o|^, ^ 32.8 77 o/©- o 38 49 "00 55.B " /o\^5^ r-*/ L*^i DNP^J: y i j i : i GPO 921-724.
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