Washington DC Fort Ring



(F) 38.86509, -77.06569, Fort Albany (1) (1861-1865) (F) 38.87129, -77.04141, Fort Jackson (8) (1861-1865) (F) 38.86985, -77.04508, Fort Runyon (1861-1865) (F) 38.8785, -77.08383, Fort Tillinghast (1861-1865) (F) 38.87041, -77.08165, Fort Craig (3) (1861-1865) (F) 38.85773, -77.07783, Fort Richardson (3) (1861-1865) (F) 38.87273, -77.07381, Fort McPherson (3) (1864-1865) (F) 38.88345, -77.08338, Fort Cass (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.88424, -77.07835, Fort Whipple (1) (1862-1867) (F) 38.88966, -77.08281, Fort Woodbury (1861-1865) (F) 38.89435, -77.0875, Fort Strong (1) (1861-1865) (F) 38.9011, -77.09063, Fort C.F. Smith (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.90025, -77.07863, Fort Bennett (3) (1861-1865) (F) 38.89611, -77.06863, Fort Haggerty (1861-1865) (F) 38.896257, -77.075922, Fort Corcoran (1861-1866) (F) 38.891915, -77.087095, Fort Morton (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.92444, -77.12361, Fort Ethan Allen (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.8475, -77.05898, Fort Scott (5) (1861-1865) (F) 38.84919, -77.09195, Fort Barnard (1861-1865) (F) 38.83824, -77.09436, Fort Reynolds (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.85559, -77.09161, Fort Berry (1863-1865) (F) 38.87284, -77.14623, Fort Ramsay (2) (1861-1865)

(F) 38.87201, -77.15587, Fort Buffalo (1861-1865) (F) 38.86026, -77.14507, Fort Munson (1861-1865) (F) 38.93441, -77.126555, Fort Marcy (3) (1861-186?)

(F) 38.87476, -77.15898, Fort Taylor (7) (1861-1865)

(F) 38.806, -77.06867, Fort Ellsworth (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.79389, -77.07778, Fort Lyon (3) (1861-1865) (F) 38.8118, -77.09, Fort Williams (4) (1861-1865) (F) 38.81472, -77.09889, Fort Worth (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.782739, -77.066165, Fort Willard (1862-1865) (F) 38.78929, -77.07832, Fort Weed (1861-1865) (F) 38.78861, -77.07361, Fort Farnsworth (1861-1865) (F) 38.78681, -77.07268, Fort O'Rourke (1861-1865) (F) 38.83026, -77.10264, Fort Ward (1) (1861-1865)

(F) 38.954003, -77.077653, Fort Reno (1) Fort Pennsylvania (1861-1866) (F) 38.96436, -77.029218, Fort Stevens (2) Fort Massachusetts (1861-1865) (F) 38.960877, -77.010877, Fort Slocum (1) (186?-186?) (F) 38.947895, -77.005191, Fort Totten (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.867513, -77.016864, Fort Lesley J. McNair (1791-Present) (F) 38.8613889, -76.9772222, Fort Stanton (2) (1861-1866) (F) 38.962667, -77.050667, Fort De Russy (1861-1865) (F) 38.9483333, -77.0583333, Fort Kearny (5) (1862-1865) (F) 38.872793, -76.940206, Fort DuPont (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.92591, -76.95837, Fort Lincoln (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.83705117, -77.00694367, Fort Carroll (3) (1861-1866) (F) 38.8272, -77.0147, Fort Greble (1) (1861-1869) (F) 38.93972, -77.00139, Fort Slemmer (1861-1865) (F) 38.86222, -76.96417, Fort Baker (3) (1861-1865) (F) 38.86639, -76.95056, Fort Davis (7) (1861-1865) (F) 38.93611, -77.0875, Fort Gaines (4) (1861-1865) (F) 38.92884, -76.97167, Fort Thayer (1861-1865) (F) 38.86, -76.96972, Fort Wagner (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.84694, -76.9825, Fort Snyder (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.88417, -76.93639, Fort Sedgwick (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.92944, -76.97833, Fort Saratoga (1861-1865) (F) 38.89112, -76.94855, Fort Scaggs (1861-1865)

(F) 38.95297, -77.10164, Fort Mansfield (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.95632, -77.12, Fort Sumner (3) (1861-1865) (F) 38.95209, -77.09834, Fort Simmons (1861-1865)

(F) 38.87351, -76.92941, Fort Meigs (2) (1861-1865) (F) 38.7676362, -77.0286977, Fort Foote (1) (1863-1878) (F) 38.711115, -77.034845, Fort Washington (1) (1809-1946)

(F) 38.9572, -77.0912, Fort Bayard (1) (F) 38.935389,-76.9877536, Fort Bunker Hill (F) 38.8944444, -76.9441667, Fort Mahan (F) 38.8891667, -76.9430556, Fort Chaplin (F) 38.857864, -76.975483, Fort Ricketts

(B) 38.91564, -77.0888, Battery Cameron (1861-1865) (B) 38.93049, -77.11103, Battery Martin Scott (1861-1865) (B) 38.930673, -77.095715, Battery Kemble (1861-1865) (B) 38.92055, -77.0905, Battery Parrott (2) (1861-1865) (B) 38.96139, -77.06056, Battery Smead (1861-1865) (B) 38.9375, -77.11111, Battery Vermont (1861-1865) (B) 38.95261, -77.11028, Battery Bailey (1862-1865) (B) 38.95457, -77.06956, Battery Rossell (1861-1865) (B) 38.95571, -77.07614, Battery Reno (1862-1866) (B) 38.79587, -77.04385, Battery Rodgers (1863-1867) (B) 38.92796, -76.95219, Battery Jameson (B) 38.83843, -77.09698, Battery Garesche (2) (1861-1865) (B) 38.95182, -77.09927, Battery Simmons (B) 38.92889, -76.97694, Battery Morris (3) (1861-1865) (B) 38.895, -76.94444, Battery Mahan (2) (1861-1865) (B) 38.96111, -77.03833, Battery Sill (1861-1865) (B) 38.95694, -77.06111, Battery Terrill (2) (1861-1865) (B) 38.95543, -77.09114, Battery Bayard (2) (1861-1865) (B) 38.93033, -77.11193, Chain Bridge Battery (1861-1865) (B) 38.83709, -77.00403, Battery Carroll (1861-1865)

Washington DC Fort Ring - A ring of Union U.S. Civil War Forts scattered around the capital city's perimeter was erected early in the war to protect Washington, D.C. from the threat of Confederate assault. This ring included fortifications in Virginia and Maryland as well as Washington DC. By 1865 the Defenses of Washington DC were said to included some 68 named forts, 93 detached batteries, 20 miles of rifle pits, blockhouses at three key points and 32 miles of military roads. At the beginning of the war there was only a single fort, Fort Washington, protecting the city.

These numbers are difficult to reconcile because of name changes, consolidations and upgrading of batteries to named forts. There is also confusion about what fortifications are included especially the permanent fortifications and the outlying fortifications at Baileys crossroads and Seven Corners. What can be said is that the city was ringed with connected fortifications and that the Virginia side defenses were especially dense with many fortification within close range of each other. The 37 mile circle of fortifications had platforms for some 1,500 field and siege guns with some 807 guns and 98 mortars in place.

The list below attempts to include all of the named fortifications that surrounded Washington DC during the U.S. Civil War. It does not include camps, barracks, unnamed batteries and other administrative facilities.

See Also:
 * Virginia All
 * Maryland All
 * Washington DC All
 * Arlington Line - U.S. Civil War
 * Washington DC Defense System - U.S. Civil War

Resources:
 * Civil War Defenses of Washington
 * Historical Marker Database - Defenses of Washington Markers