Fort Davis Park
38°52′02″N 76°56′45″W / 38.867279°N 76.945735°W / 38.867279; -76.945735Operated by National Park Service Website www.nps.gov/cwdw/historyculture/fort-davis.htm Departments Union Army Forces Potomac Approaches Arlington Line Northwest Quadrant Northeast Quadrant Eastern Branch
Fort Davis is a Civil War earthwork that was constructed for the Defense of Washington. It is located in the Fort Davis (Washington, D.C.) neighborhood.
History
The fort, built to serve as an outer defense of the City of Washington, was named in honor of Benjamin F. Davis, killed at the Battle of Brandy Station.[1]
It was a small hexagonal fort with perimeter of 220 yards, and places for 11 guns. It was 300 feet above mean tide of the Potomac River.[1]
After the war, Daniel Lee's damage claim was denied.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (6 October 2009). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Scarecrow Press. pp. 196–198. ISBN 978-0-8108-6307-1.
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American Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.
- Department of the East
- Department of Washington, D.C.
- Department of the Potomac
- Military District of Washington
- Department of the Rappahanock
- Defenses of Washington, D.C.
- Department of Washington
- Army of the Potomac
- XXII Corps
- Fort Washington (MD)
- Fort Foote (MD)
- Battery Rodgers (VA)
- Fort Marcy
- Fort Ethan Allen
- Fort C. F. Smith
- Fort Bennett
- Fort Strong
- Fort Corcoran
- Fort Haggerty
- Fort Morton
- Fort Woodbury
- Fort Cass
- Fort Whipple
- Fort Tillinghast
- Fort McPherson
- Fort Buffalo
- Fort Ramsay
- Fort Craig
- Fort Albany
- Fort Jackson
- Fort Runyon
- Fort Richardson
- Fort Barnard
- Fort Berry
- Fort Scott
- Battery Garesche
- Fort Reynolds
- Fort Ward
- Fort Worth
- Fort Williams
- Fort Ellsworth
- Fort Lyon
- Fort Farnsworth
- Fort Weed
- Fort O'Rourke
- Fort Willard
- Fort Cross (MD)
- Fort Kirby (MD)
- Fort Sumner (MD)
- Battery Alexander (MD)
- Fort Simmons (MD)
- Fort Davis (MD)
- Battery Benson (MD)
- Battery Bailey (MD)
- Fort Mansfield (MD)
- Battery Cameron
- Battery Parrott
- Battery Kemble
- Battery Martin Scott
- Battery Vermont
- Fort Bayard
- Fort Gaines
- Fort Reno
- Battery Rossell
- Fort Kearny
- Battery Terrill
- Battery Smead
- Battery Kingsbury
- Fort DeRussy
- Battery Sill
- Fort Stevens
- Fort Slocum
- Fort Totten
- Fort Slemmer
- Fort Bunker Hill
- Fort Saratoga
- Fort Thayer
- Fort Lincoln
- Battery Jameson
- Fort Mahan
- Fort Chaplin
- Fort Meigs
- Fort Dupont
- Fort Davis
- Fort Baker
- Fort Wagner
- Fort Ricketts
- Fort Stanton
- Fort Snyder
- Fort Carroll
- Fort Greble
- National Park Service (Web)
- Map of defenses in 1865
