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The Civil War Defenses of Washington Part II Appendices • A Historic Resources Study • The Civil War Defenses of Washington Part II Appendices United States Department of Interior National Park Service National Capital Region Washington, DC Contract No. 144CX300096053 Prepared by CEHP, Incorporated Chevy Chase, Maryland A Historic Resources Study: The Civil War Defenses of Washington Part II Appendices United States Department of Interior National Park Service National Capital Region Washington, DC Contract No. 144CX300096053 Prepared by CEHP, Incorporated Chevy Chase, Maryland List of Appendices Civil Defense of Washington Historic Resource Guide Page 2 DRAFT List of Appendices - June 1998 A. General Orders No. 56, Headquarters Department of Washington, 22d Army Corps, April 26th, 1865, announcing the reorganizations of districts within the department. Record Group 393, Preliminary Inven­ tory 172, Part 1, Department and Defenses of Washington and 22nd Army Corps, 1862-69, Entry 5385, General Orders (Printed), Sept. 1862-Dec. 1867, Volume 5 of 6. B. General Orders No. 77, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, April 28, 1865, For Reducing Expenses of the Military Establishment. U.S., War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: The Government Printing Office, 1880-1901 (Serial 125) Series III, Volume IV, 1280-8, as reproduced on CD-ROM by the Guild Press of Indiana.. C. Thomas W. Berry to Major James Gleason, Quartermaster’s Office, Washington, July 28, 1865, relating to claims for the use of his land at Fort Greble. Record Group 92, Special Files, Consolidated Correspon­ dence File, 1794-1890, “Defenses of Washington, DC.” D. S.B. Scagg’s relinquishment of claims for land on which various fortifications, including Fort Chaplin, were located, October 24, 1865. Record Group 77, Records of Detached Engineer Officers, Defenses of Washington, 1851-66, Entry 574, Land Releases, 1865. E. Gilbert Vanderwerken’s relinquishment of claims for land on which Fort Marcy was located, October 24, 1865. Record Group 77, Records of Detached Engineer Officers, Defenses of Washington, 1851-66, Entry 574, Land Releases, 1865. F. Ellen J. King’s relinquishment of claims for land on which Battery Parrott was located, October 28, 1865. Record Group 77, Records ofDetached Engineer Officers, Defenses of Washington, 1851-66, Entry 574, Land Releases, 1865. G. Brevet Brigadier General Barton S. Alexander to Major. General Richard Delafield, Chief Engineer, U.S. Army, December 12, 1865, enclosing “Account of Auction Sales of Engineer Property . .” Record Group 77, Entry 18, Letters Received, 1826-66, A2395. H. Defences of Washington, List of transfers of Public property as compensation for damages and releases by the Claimant, December 16, 1865. Record Group 77, Records of Detached Engineer Officers, Defenses of Washington, 1851-66, Entry 574, Land Releases, 1865. I. Report of Government buildings at Fort Marcy and recommendations for disposition of them. Record Group 92, Special Files, Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890, “Defenses of Washington, D.C.” J. Report of Government buildings at Fort Bayard and recommendations for disposition of them. Record Group 92, Special Files, Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890, “Defenses of Washington, D C ” Civil Defense of Washington Historic Resource Guide Page 3 DRAFT List of Appendices - June 1998 K. Special Orders No. 54, Headquarters Department of Washington, March 15, 1866, concerning Special Orders No. 54, Headquarters Department of Washington, March 15, 1866, concerning Ordnance, Ordnance stores and Engineer property at various forts. Record Group 94, Entry 44, Orders and Circulars, 1797­ 1910. L. General Order No. 17, Headquarters Department of Washington, April 27th, 1866, announcing the discontinuance of the “Defences of Washington and Garrison of Washington.” Record Group 393, Prelimi­ nary Inventory 172, Part 1, Department and Defenses of Washington and 22nd Army Corps, 1862-69, Entry 5385, General Orders (Printed), Sept. 1862-Dec. 1867, Volume 6 of 6. M. General Order No. 62, Headquarters Department of Washington, October 19th, 1866, assignment of troops. Record Group 393, Preliminary Inventory 172, Part 1, Department and Defenses of Washington and 22nd Army Corps, 1862-69, Entry 5385, General Orders (Printed), Sept. 1862-Dec. 1867, Volume 6 of 6. N. Major D. C. Houston to Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, May 11, 1869, and George W. Berry, Preacher in Charge, Emory Church, to Henry Bayne, .October 27, 1868, relating to the church’s claims for use and damages at Fort Stevens during the Civil War. Record Group 77, Correspondence Relating to Fortifications, Entry 36, Letters Received (“A” File), November 1867-Novem- ber 1870, A2298. O. Papers in the claims case of Ellen J. King for land use and damages for Battery Parrott. Record Group 92, Claims Branch, 1861-1889, Document File, Quartermaster Stores, Rent, Services, and Miscellaneous Claims, F-1240. P. “The Present Condition of the Defenses of Washington, Built during the Civil War, 1861-1865,” in Frank L. Averill, Guide to the National Capital and Maps of Vicinity including the Fortifications (Washington, DC: Published by The Engineering Platoon of the Engineer Corps, D.C.N.G. , 1892), 14-24. Q. “The Fort Drive,” In U.S., Congress, Senate. The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia, 57th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Report No. 166. Edited by Charles Moore. Washington, DC: The Government Printing Office, 1902, 111-12. R. Authorization to purchase land for Forts Davis and Dupont parks through condemnation, 1912. United States Statutes at Large, Containing the Laws and Concurrent Resolutions... and Reorganization Plans, Amendments to the Constitution and Proclamations, 1789-. Washington, DC.: The Government Printing Office, 1918, Volume 37, Part 1, 1911-13, pages 178-79. S. Colonel W.W. Hart to Brigadier General William M. Black, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, June 12, 1917, discussing the proposed route of Fort Drive. Record Group 328, General Records, Planning Files, 1924-57, 545-100 Fort Drive, Fort Drive #1. Civil Defense of Washington Historic Resource Guide Page 4 DRAFT List of Appendices - June 1998 T. Colonel Clarence S. Ridley, Officer in Charge of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, to the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, July 30, 1919, Record Group 77, Entry 103, General Correspondence, 1894­ 1923, #124636. U. October 1919 listing of forts, Record Group 42, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, General Correspondence, 307, Public Grounds: Extension of Park System, Civil War Forts Parkway. V. Judge C.D. Bundy hands in a copy of report prepared by the Secretary of the Board of Trade DC. and himself as chairman of Committee on Parks of the Board of Trade, suggesting the acquisition for park purposes of the dismantled forts around the outskirts of the City of Washington, January 1920. Record Group 42, General Correspondence, 1907-21, 307 Public Grounds: Extension of Park System: Civil War Forts Parkway. W. Memorandum from J.C.L. (J.C. Langdon?) to Major Ridley, October 2, 1920, Subject: New Park areas to be acquired . Record Group 42, General Correspondence, 1907-21, 307 Public Grounds: Extension of Park System: Civil War Forts Parkway. X. House of Representatives Bill, H.R. 8792, October 21, 1921, relating to a survey and “a plan of a proposed parkway to connect the old Civil War forts in the District of Columbia.” Y. Senate Bill, S. 1340, December 17, 1923, relating to a survey and “a plan of a proposed parkway to connect the old Civil War forts in the District of Columbia” which passed in the Senate on December 30, 1924. Z. Memorandum from Major J.F. Bell to Major Holcombe, February 21, 1924, requesting a recommenda­ tion from the Traffic Board relative to Fort Boulevard so that the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, can give it official status. Archives of the District of Columbia, Records of the District of Columbia, Central Classified Files: Engineer Department, Engineer Department (ED), Case Files, 1897­ 1955, #155186-6. AA. Parkway Connecting Civil War Forts, Calendar No. 627, Senate Report No. 585, 68th Congress, 1st Session, Serial 8221, May 20, 1924, May 20 (calendar day, May 22), 1924. BB. Memorandum from Captain J.E. Wood to the Engineer Commissioner, District of Columbia, February 20, 1924, extolling the merits of Fort Drive. Archives of the District of Columbia, Records of the District of Columbia, Central Classified Files: Engineer Department, Engineer Department (ED), Case Files, 1897­ 1955, #155186-6. CC. Capt. J.E. Wood, Assistant to Engineer Commissioner, District of Columbia, to Lt. Col. C O. Sherrill, Engineer Commissioner, District of Columbia, March 10,1924, Record Group 328, General Records, Plan­ ning Files, 1924-67, 545-100, Fort Drive, #1. Civil Defense of Washington Historic Resource Guide Page 5 DRAFT List of Appendices - June 1998 DD. J.C. Langdon to Major Brown, July 31, 1925, Subject: Fort Stevens, Fort Slocum and the Fort Drive from 16th Street to North Capitol Street. Record Group 328, General Records, Planning Files, 1924-57, 545-100 Fort Drive, Fort Drive #1. EE. J.C. Langdon to Major Brown, August 3,1925, Subject: Fort Slocum and the fort drive from Sixteenth Street to North Capitol Street. Record Group 328, General Records, Planning Files, 1924-57, 545-100 Fort Drive, Fort Drive #1. FF. U.S. Grant, III, Executive and Disbursing Officer, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, to D.W. O=Donohue, July 31, 1926, relating to the route of Fort Drive. Record Group 328, General Records, Planning Files, 1924-57, 545-100 Fort Drive, Fort Drive #1. GG. C.W. Eliot, II, City Planner, “Fort Drive” Plan, April 1927. Record Group 328, General Records, Planning Files, 1924-57, 545-100 Fort Drive, Fort Drive #1. HH. Carey H. Brown, Engineer, to The Newspaper Information Service, 1322 New York Avenue, Wash­ ington, DC, May 4, 1927, RG328, General Records, Planning Files, 1924-67, 545-100, Fort Drive, Fort Drive #1.
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