FORT STEVENS WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
IN MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865. THIS FORT WAS THE SITE OF THE ONLY BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DURING THE BATTLE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO CAME TO OBSERVE THE FIGHTING, WAS FIRED UPON BY CONFEDERATE SHARPSHOOTERS.
Location
Address:
QUACKENBOS STREET NW AND 13TH STREET NW
City:
WASHINGTON
State:
District Of Columbia
Zip Code:
2011
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1936
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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