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Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War ... During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was the center ...

Washington, D.C. during the Civil War | American Battlefield Trust

Washington, D.C., was the Union capital during the Civil War. It was home to the United States Government and served as a base of operations ...

Civil War Washington - Ford's Theatre (U.S. National Park Service)

Washington also became the largest fortress in the eastern theater of the war. It represented a constant potential target for the Confederate ...

Washington Territory in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

Civil War Posts Washington Territory, (now Washington) (after March 3, 1863) · Fort Colville, Washington Territory, 1859–1882 · Fort Steilacoom, Washington ...

When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by the ...

Jubal Early of the Confederate States Army, at least for a little while that day, it must have seemed that the war was young again. In the noonday heat of July ...

Civil War Washington

Civil War Washington ... Civil War Washington examines the U.S. national capital from multiple perspectives as a case study of social, political, cultural, and ...

How the Union Defended Washington, D.C. During the Civil War

The US capital was vulnerable at the start of the war, but soon was fortified with forts, trenches, gun batteries and even river obstructions.

Civil War and Washington, D.C., 1861-1874 | Digital Collections

A timeline from Walt Whitman's publication of articles on the history of Brooklyn and New York to his December 1862 move to Washington, DC.

How The Forts Protected DC - Civil War Defenses of Washington ...

Several forts and dozens of auxiliary batteries were added to the defenses by the end of the war in 1865.

Mount Vernon during the Civil War

George Washington's legacy was revered by soldiers fighting on both sides of the Civil War. Those fighting for the Confederacy viewed him as a native son of ...

Park Archives: Civil War Defenses of Washington - NPS History

Fort Foote—Built between 1863-1865, Fort Foote guarded the Potomac River approach to Washington from invasion by Confederate forces. Earthen walls 20-feet thick ...

Washington's War Tent During the Civil War: Surviving the Civil War

The Union Army marched into Alexandria on May 24, 1861, and took possession of Arlington House. The Lees' home — and George Washington's marquees — were ...

Image Gallery: Washington, DC, during the Civil War

These images show how remote the Castle was from downtown Washington and how close it was to nearby Confederate Virginia.

Explore US Civil War Legacies in and around Washington, DC

More battles were fought in the Capital Region than anywhere else in the US. Experience the region's Civil War heritage at these sites in DC, Maryland and ...

Civil War Defenses of Washington - American Battlefield Trust

Fort Stevens is one of the defenses that today form the Fort Circle Parks in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Rock Creek Park administers Battery Kemble ...

Civil War and Washington Territory - HistoryLink.org

Washington Territory, far removed from the bloody battles and the keeping of slaves, suffered almost no loss of life or property in the war, but ...

Civil War Washington - Ford's Theatre

The city of Washington was a complex, gritty, unfinished and precarious place during the Civil War. In this institute, connect with peers to illuminate new ...

Washington DC Battle Scene | CIVIL WAR (2024) Movie CLIP HD

Washington DC Battle Scene | CIVIL WAR (2024) Movie CLIP HD From writer/director Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, ...

The Civil War Years | George Washington's Mount Vernon

A large proportion of the visitors during the war were still soldiers, though without military aims. Soldiers who visited the estate were requested to be ...

Introductions - Civil War Washington

The development of Washington, DC, during the Civil War is pivotal in American history. When the Compensated Emancipation Act went into effect on April 16, 1862 ...