File:Civil War Defenses of Washington (Fort Stevens) FSTV CWDW-0073.jpg

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Location Civil War Defenses of Washington (Fort Stevens)
Description Fort Stevens, now partially restored, was built to defend the approaches to Washington from the 7th Street Pike (now Georgia Avenue) which was then the main thoroughfare from the north into Washington. Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly (Fair Oaks), Virginia, September 1, 1862.
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