Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1892, Page 15

> Fort Mauste c batt cted by a rifle trench. i, about a mile and « and tas named after Mansield, who died at wounds re- Bick toward « Tonge the cre Buiidins of thow we he firm ting aud urging the r fort was built on n und stood a quarter of estward of Fort Simmona Its ted « inch sea coast and jer howitzers, four 43¢-inch rifled nder guns. Company B. Mame hmente of the one hun- firet and on» hundred and seven- T Glue National Gaard garrisoned this fort "cu ner of 1864. The fort is leveled, he ritte pits still existe, The rvige upon which Fort Marcy stood was ehrist empect Hill by Gen. Keres’ men in e here from their camp at Ten tunted on the south side of the ut EXTRAXCE TO rouT re Leesburg road bridge. and is of the € a war-tine 5 out a mile ma Ce ray wia quarter ~ Smith. th ted in t of more Tian 00. cos teen emplosed m them for 4 derable period of 3 e one hn d and fifty-second New York fall of 1 en. Me in honor worked on the intrenchments The fort was renamed Fort 3} 18. 8 Mare | | © Chain | of preservation, Iv called “Baldy | west of ge | eron. “tron } ba work | The fort | form a part of the reguiar line ter the First Ball Run. and the rebel flac there | could be seen from the dome of tle Capitol, | The twenty-first New York took possession of M # ili end its Quaker guns upon the confederates. September 24, | naing se ttueased on the Sra Tt was the o« On| he 20th of No- ‘asion of Gen. Me- jcilan’s erand review of his army preparatory to starting on the peninsula campaign. Fully | 100.00 troops. in newt and brilliant array, sedi in review before President Lincoln and The"members of hit cabinet. ‘Thousands of | people, in wagon and on foot-—men, women and | children, of every degree, gathered from every | direction and ‘rom every walk in life to wit- ness the affair. Such a military spectacle ‘was never before witnessed and was only surpassed city half miles south of Palis Church. mile distant to the northward are Forts Ram- say, Taylor and Buffalo, On the pike w Fort Myer is spoken of in connection with account of Fort Whip Fort O'Rorke is re andris by way of South Hunting Creek _ bridge Tt can also be reached qual facility by way It occupies the northeast angie auction of Gravel and old M . and the old wor! point of the ang s distant about one and a hatf miles, Origin- ally it was an outpost of Fort Lyon, which stood on the Mount Vernon road a short dis- tance to the northward, and was known as “Redoubt €.” Fort Farnsworth was to the ‘4 and Fort Weed-to the north- tu both of which it was connected ane of rite pit, The fort wae named in tember, 1863, alter atrick Henry orke, one hundred und fortieth New York, who was killed at Gettysburg 8 work on thie fort was compl ments of the thirty-fourth Massachusetts infi hed from Alex- Patrick street, and Gravei road. with about ot ‘Telegraph road. formed by try under the direction of Capt. Charles L. Chandier. Theearthworks are in a fair state | — and they are distant from | aif milea. | 4 a half miles side of Ridge | Washington about seven and a Battery rott was one jeorgetown, on the road, about half a miie north of Hattery Cam- Th considerable of the old earth- works left.nchudiny the magazine,which willbe inthe trmbgr immed: opposite the tsome ‘alter Brown. Greenleaf Parrott of the a native of New made au enviable record during the war. | Its armament consisted of two 100-pounder | rifled guns. A detachment of the first Hampshire heavy artillery garrisoned the bat- ery in 1864. ‘The old works are most directly ched from Washington by way of Geo towa aud tie canal, Foxhail znd Ridge roads, m Uptou’s Hill, flanked on the north by pad, and some six miles south of , was Fort limsay. It did not f defenses. It some twenty heavy | was an advanced position, early occupied, in 30-pounder De- | conjanc' with other works, in tachwonts rt New York heavy artil- | the which the ‘move- lery, the third F heaty artiliery and | could be watched. the one hundred and thirtieth Pennsyivania in- | 7 rt known aa ‘Fort fantry were among the garrise ng the war. history oops that performed | Upton Tue fact | a general order dated November 16, 1861, in may be stated here, as an mmteresting incident of ; honor of Gen. Georze Doug!as I that the body of troops which after- | tive of Virz ‘but renamed by Gen. McClellan, in iamsay, a na- ordnance officer . Who was chi FORT il became famous as t organized at this fort and wax composed of the nin end second. sixth and seve n Brigade” mumer of 1861, ernth In ry Wiscoust: regiments remained close of the war. m Fort Mare: sting t dentical spot Clay and Join Randolph was Battery Martin scott stov looking the north end of the Chain bridge. It is about three miles from the Georgetown bridge. It» armament consisted of two 6- pounder James riled «1 Four sri0s, Occupying the keypoint to Boone's Ridge. an that extends from Oxon run, below to Bennin rallel with stood Fort M Anacosna, ridge were also located Forts Mahan, Sedgwick, Craven. Dupont. Davis, Baker, W: . Mick- etts, Stanton, land Greble. fort was nan distinguish « ter general of the « time of and quartermas- red at the this exty in ts, its peri- was chiefly forts on this r structed. ae wer by Sickie.’ Ex troops Ite howitrers, five 42 ler live ‘otts und on The the old works are uow in a two one 2 1O-tne ty. Mak. at . Mariboro’ and our wiles diwtant from « Lalf miles from Ben- seventeenth Mame; com- States artillery; ninth end 8. Masmuchusetts a i Jourt-enth com titlerr; Knapp lery. Brigade’ amon : the troops that occupied this fort @ the war Fort Me wtrncted late in the war an] warp rof the great war gov- ernor pleted. bnt a battery of guns was placed in posi- which will be un tabut- oid works, | na York city | r Sinch | “Fort Pennsylvania.” It received its present “ath? 2 | cognomen m 1862, in honor of Gen. Jesse L. jon the blag over-! ina good” sts LINCOLN. WROM A WARTIME PHOTO-cO. H, THIRD MA ART.) of the ari This name was previously given | to one of the works on Arlington Heights, afterward known xs Fort C ‘The fort wax | constructed very early in the war, and tts arin- | sted of eleven guns, six of which | e W-pounder Parrotts, the others being oth bores of different ‘kinds and calibers, y nsion, to ind the pl ever wed for war! ‘The old house was 0 icers for headquarters, the lo: roof being used as a signal station. of pre It is stall rvation. ‘The place {waa owned by the Mon. Charles H. Upton, x Union man. “fhe property 1s now owned and occupied by Mr. John B. of Washington, | The | road, in the rear of Mr. Biting ry C. Meigs, «| some old earthwo | It stands some 40) feet above the level of the Potoma:. Half a to the westward were Forts Taylor and Buffalo, und Fort Munsos was nearly a mile to the southward. ‘The ninth company Massachusetts heavy artillery occupied this fort during the winters of 1 Upon this | the company being relieved in April, 1868, by the clewenth company of the same reg ment. In front of Fort Ramsay, the west side of the Leesburg road and south of Annandale "s house, are rks which must have been thrown up to protect an advance guard. For other matter connected with this fort, inclu ing directions for reaching it, the reader is directed to “Fort Buffalo,” Font REx, This fort was mainly built by McCall's Penn- sylvania reserves and was originally: called Reno, a native of Virginia, who was killed at fort is clevated 304 fect | South Mountain, It was situated buck of Ten- leytown andeast of the Brookville pike. It tanie the | occupied the highest ground in the District of Columbia, being 429 feet above tide level, It overlooked the valley in front and on both flanks, commanding with its guns the wide open plain oneither side of River road, and with its 100poander Parrott could reach the more distant hills in advance of the line be- tweon Fort Sumner in the weat and Fort De Russey to the cast. ‘She fort mounted twenty heavy guns, among them being S-inch siege -pound howitzers, seacoast howitzers, 100- pound and $0-pound Farretts and 10-inch ‘siexe mortars, The followmg troops, under com- mand of Col. John M. C. Marble, one hundred ond fifty-first Ohio National Guard, defended Fort Reno against Eariy's attacks: Companies Cand G, one hundred and fifty-first Ohio Na- fing on the north side of the Ballston roud, less | tional Guard, Major J. L. Williams; company 2 than a wile from the Aqnednet bridge, are in an exceilent state of preservation. The twe Story frame Larkiings that were used as: there. being voecupied by a 4 families, The occupant of one of them Andrew Jacksou, whom many en ofd soidier will remember. for he served in the fort a 4 servant to the officers most of the time. A number of other forts are m the im- mediate vietuity, Fort Woodbiry being on the ste side of the road. while Forts Strong. Smith and Bennett are to the northward. te- ward tue Potomac. Forts Corcoran and Hag- gerty are to the eastward, the former bemg @iso on the Baliston road. cers’ FORT MORTON, 1892. [SHOWING THE OFFICEMS QUARTERS AND A SECTION OF THE OLD FARTHWORKS.) A, first Wisconsin heavy artillery, Capt. W. M. Spear; detachment comprny L. uinth New York heavy artiliery, Lieut. 8 “A. Howe; Col. Day- ton's regiment veteran reserve corps; Col. Giles’ brigade (four regiments). veteran re- serve corps; Col. Thompson's first provisional i The first of 1362 by the one hundred and seventeenth New York and christened “Redoubt Eliptic.” Probably the first secret society formed in the ‘A consisted of two redoubte and | cceupied by the confederates immediately af- THE EVENING STAR: q} WASHINGTON, D. C, Mo} AY, 8 ER 19, 1892—PART TWO. from which splendid views are presented, are ima good state of preservation, The stream flanks the northern side. The place was known as “Morvin” before the war, and the old colonial-looking mansion at the foot of the bill, with its red roof and old brick vides. hes an sneient appearance. Some enterprising citizens of Alexandria have selected the place as the site of a new villa to be ealled Morvin. and it is said that the old works are to form part of a projected public park and are to be preserved in that way. ‘Tho fort was named after Gen. John Puiton Revuolds. native of Lancaster, Pa., who was killed in the opening nt at Gottesburg. P: Hy named Ii . July 1, 1863, in honor of eut regiment in September. 1562, after the Second Bull Run, ‘Two hundred yards to the westward of the fort, well prescrved, but obscared by t are the remains of old Battery Garesche, named after Col. Julius Poter Garesche, chief of vtaff to Gen, Rose- rans, who was killed at Stone Ki uber 31. 1 This was a with stockaded gorg intended to support a woak point in the Western approuch to the fort. TORT RICHARDSON in honor gf Col Isracl B ff the second Michigan infantry, a named eral of volunteers, aud died November 3, 2, of wounds received at Antictam. His brigade co the retreat of the army from the First Bull Ru: te sobriquet of “Fighting Dick” was given him by Gen, Scott. The fort stood on a commanding~ eminence, a short distance in front of Fort Albany, and was a small but well-built work, well provided with bomb proofs and maga: ‘There is nothing visible today but the naked carthworks—not naked, however, for the well-preserved ram- parts are clothed with a generous growth of underbrush and weeds, This fort was carly constructed, the thirteenth considerable of the work. 1 sisted of fourteen guns, six of which were 4% pounder siege guns, ‘two 2%4-pounder field howitzers, one 100-pounder Parrott, three 30- pounder Parrots, one 10-inch siege mortar, and one 24-pounder Colborn mortar. Among the troops occupying the fort during the war were detachments tenth New York artillery, third battalion New York artillery, sixteenth Indiana battery. third Massachusetts battery, one hundred and twenty-second Pennsylvania, thirteenth New Jersey and Blenker's Germans, The works are situated about two miles south of the Virginia end of the Long bridge. Venker's division of New York Dutchmen campe bere in 1861, Fort presery arthworks are con- cerned, Itis on Good Hope Lil. in the midst of the negro village of Garfield. ‘The fort, the deep ravine in ‘front of Fort Stanton, Detachment# of the fourth New York heavy tillers, th New York infantry and ceo commands largely con- wpt. Richardson's t at the work. omp: y Massuchasetts heavy artillery were here in May. 184. ‘The fort was named afte Gen. James B. Ricketts, a native of New York city, who greatly distinguished himself in the field during the war, The fort mounted one s-inel: siege howitzer and three 12-pounder field guns, sess Fort Kipley is described in connection with muer. Rodgers was a water battery and was sittiated near Jones’ Point light, at the 5 of Hunting creck, within the limite o: lexandria. It occupied an biatorical are hat constituted the : ct of Coluin- bia. This was a strong battery, mounting very heavy guns, aud was the only battery of the Battery the FORT kind connected with the defenses, Hardly a trace of the old works remain, The battery was named in honor of Commander George Washington Rodgers, a native of New York and a graduate of th killed "in the attack on Fort Wagner, in Charieston harbor, August 17, 1862. Battery Rossell is deseribed in the account of Fort Kearney. PoRT RUXTOX. The first fort of the defenses of Washington planned was Fort Siunyon, work on it having been commenced by daylight of May 24, 1861. by the seventh New York. To Runyon's New (second, third and fourth regi- belongs the honor of building this the largest of the forts, and it was numed after the brigade's commanding ofiicer, Theodore Run- yon. It was constructed under the direction of Capt. LS. Alexander of the engineer eorps of the army. This fort stood at the margin of the bottom lands of the Potomac, in the angle formed by the junction of the Washington and Alexandria and Columbia roads, about half a mile south of the Long bridge, "The old works are now im the midst of the extensive brick ards thet abound in the vicinity of Brick laven and Waterloo, and a portion of them yet remain. but the greater part of the historic clay thrown up here by the boys of 1861 now does service in the walls of Washington houses. The perimeter of this fort exceeded that of any of the other forts, covering an area of about twelve acres, and’ its armament consisted of twenty-three gans, one of which was a. 80- pounder rifled Parrott. eight were 8-inch sea Coast howitzers, ten wore $2-pounders and four 6-pounder field guns, all mounted on batbette carriages, These were manned by 315 men, which was a mall one, was intended to sweep | ferent times in 1862, and | eifth | WILLARD, FORT SARATOGA. ‘The iunettc known as Fort Saratoga was on the north side of the Brentwood road, a little east of where it crosses the Queen's Chapel road, about two anda haif miles north of the city. The old works are nearly obliterated. the site being now a cultivated field. belonging toa Mra Walsh. A little south of the fort, on | the opposite side of the Brentwood rond, stood Battery Morris, erected for the use of field | pieces, The clevetion ia 186 feet above mean | tide level. ‘The one hundred and twelfth Penn- ‘sylvanié occupied this fort in 1362 and helped A VIEW OF FORT O. F. SMITH. (FROM A WAK-TIME PHOTOGRAPH.) build the works, Gen. Gilmore, then in com- mand of the nmetcenth corps, had his head- warters heru daring Early’s investment of Washington. Among the troops that garrisoned | the fort at that time were Col. Alexander's first | District of Columbia, the twolfth veteran’ re- | serve regiment and’ detachments of the oue hundréd and fiftieth Ohio nal Guard and | second company New Hampshire heavy artil- lere. ‘The confederates made a demo: in the direction of the fort on the of his corps into ament of the smooth bores. one 42-pounder James and one 24-pounder Cxlhoun mortars, An account of Fort Scaggs is given in connec- tion with that of Fort Craven, Fort Scott formed the left of the interior line covering Washington,and overlooked the mouth of Four Mile run and the Potomac, It oceupies the southern spur of Garfieid ridge and is reached by way of the Aqueduct or Long bridge, ‘Th he tort coasisted of six heavy guns, manued by 108 gauners, Among Other troops that occupied the works at differ ent times we hments of the third bat- talion, New York arttilery, and tie one hun- dred and thirty-sixth, one hundyed and forty- second and one hundred and sixty-sixth Olio Natlonal Guard. The fort was named by Gen. McClellan in honor of Gen, Winticld’ Scott, the distinguished soldier who commanded the army during the first days of the rebellion, Fort Sedgwick was originally called Fort Shaplin and was renamed, in 1864, in honor of Gen. John Sedgwick, a native of Connecticut, and the distinguished and beloved commander of the old sixth corps, who was killed in the saddle at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 9, 1864. ‘Thie fort was situated on an eminence 190 fect above tide level, in the eastern out- skirts of Benning, on the west side of East Benning road. ‘Te old remains are quite con- spicnous from the roadside. Before the war this hill was known as Caracgic Heights, being part of the Scaggs estate, which was known in the land records as Fortune Eularged. ‘The tract now belougs to Mr. A. J, Curtis of this :. It was late in the war before the fort was, Jeted, and it was never fully armed. There ven embrasures and among the few guns mounted was one 32-pounder sicge p Half a mile wost of Brightwood, on the south | side ot Military rovd, east of Kock Creek, and } between Forts Stevens and De Ruasy (in their | roar) stood Battery Sill, which was named after | Gen. Joshtia Woodrow Sill, x native of Ohio, who was killed at Murfreesboro’, Tenn... Decem= ber 31. 1862. It was occupied by gunn, ‘The old works were viable from the road. Fort Simmons stood between Fosts Bayard and Mansfield. ou the farm of Charles SHoe- maker, about amile and a half west of Tenley- town, | In its rear was Fort Guines, with Forts Keno and Sumner on the right and left flanks, respectively. ‘Tiuere is very little now to indi- cate the site of the old work. but the position lis pointed out by residents in the viciaits |The fort was nemed for C neca G. mous of the Peunssly. eserves, whos: giment, the Gfth, helped to build it in tin | summer of 1861. Col. Simmons was killed at | Glendaie, Va.. June 30, 1862, while gallantly | leading charge of his bri Its arma- of one S-inch seize and two 12 cers, and five rotts. The works were occupied at |times by detachments of the. Pen Reserves. pany A, Muine Coast Guards, | aud detachments of the one hundred and_ fifty: first, one hundred end sixty-third and one hundred and soventieth Ohio National Guard, te [re 1892. Fort Slemmer was named in honor of Lieut. Adam J. Slemmer, « native of Vennsylvanta and tho brave preserver of Fort Pickens, who distinguished himself during the war, aitain- ing high rank and houors. This was a small, but well-placed work, and was located on th east side of Harewood road, iminediately north of the Catholic University building. ‘The old works are entirely obscured today by a thick grawth of young trees. The twenty- sixth New York moved into the works ‘in Feb- runry, 1862, und did considerable toward completing them. They were’ subscquently occupied, umoug others, by detachments of New Hampshire heavy artillery, and one hundred and fiftieth Ohio National Guard. Ita armament consisted of one 8-inch sea coast howitzer and three 42-pounder James guns, Fort Slocum stood on the west side of Blair road.a short distance south of Lamond’s, a station on the Metropolitan Branch railroad, but there is not a vestige of the old works to be seen today. It was on what is now known asthe O'Hare farm, anda part of the works extended across the road into the Stotts’ ere, ‘The settlement is still known by he name of Slocum. ‘The elevation hero is 821 fect above the lovel of the Potomac, but some of the bills in front are twenty or thirty feet higher, giving to an enemy most advan- tageous emplacements for artillery. The game iciem applics to Fort Stevens, and it isa significant fact that Early selected these forts as the points of his principal attack. ‘The fort was bulit by the secend Ithode Island infantry, and it may be stated as an interesting fuot that this regiment helped to defend it against Early’s assault in the action of July 12, 1864. It mounted twenty-five guns, of which one was an $-inch siege howitzer, two ?4-pounder siege guns, two 24-pounder sea coast guns, four 24 howitzers, seven 43¢-Inch rifled guns, )-pounder Pur- | Capt. J. N. Abbey. second Ivana arhillery, who then hud pe the artillery in the fort. Gen. M. C. Meigs, with somo 1,500 employes of the quartermaster’ de | ment, cecapicd the rifle pits in the vicinity of this fort during the battle, and it was also sup- rted by Col. Price's (Francis Price, seventh New Jersey volunteers) brigade of 2,800 conva- lescents taken from the hospitals, ‘and repre- sonting nearly every regiment in the Army of the Potomac, The fort was garrisoned by scompany F- seventr-sixth New York, durinz the first half of the year 1832. In fhe summer of 1864, it was garrisoned. umong otber troops. by detachments New Hampshire heavy artil- Jory. one hundred aud fiitieth Ohio National Guard, tourteenth in battery. and com- Panies A and b knaj ‘ennsyivaniaartillery. An account of Battery Smead is given in connection with that of Fort De Russy. FoRT saiTs. This powerful work was named after Gen. Charles F. Smith, who died of wounds received while gallantly sealing the heights ef Fort Donelson, The twenty-ninth and thirtieth companies Massacbusctts heavy artillery were among the troops that garrisoned the fort ‘Bae old works are in a good state of preserva- tion at present, and splendid landscape views are obtained from them. Dut the ground is platted for a new villa site, to be called Ivan- wold, and the probabilities are that a very short time will witness their entire demolition. ‘The platean or tableland upon which the was known before the war by the des nation of “Carberry Meadow House.” The fort is best reached from George- town by way of the Aqueduct bridge, Palls Church road, and Ivanwoid by-road, the iatter, which leads through the old works, being entered at Fort Strong, about a mile south of Rosslyn. Tho fort was originally called “Fort De Kalb,” but it was rechristened on May 30, 1863. In its immediate vicinity are Forts Bennett and Strong. Fort Snyder stood on the north side of Haunilton road, in the southeast corner of the farm connected with Government Insane Asylum, Mt. T, J. Jonkins’ piace is directly to tho eastward, ‘There is very little of the old works left, a trace of the ditch here and there in the ‘field being all that is visible. This was a small work, being merely an out- work to Fort Stanton, mounting only eight guns, two of which were 8-inch siege howitzers, the other six being 12-pounder field guns. In the spring of 1562 the fort was occupied by company A, fourth New York heavy artillery. Company D, ntventh Maine infantry, occu- pied it in the summer and winter of the same |year. A detachment of Capt. Richardson's twelith company Massachusetts heavy artil- Jery was here in the summer of 1861 The fort was named after Lieut. George W. Snyder, corps of engineers, who hud charge of its con- struction. Fort Stanton was a work of considerable di- mensions, well built and tolerably well armed It occupied a commanding spur, £79 feet above | tide level, and overlooked Washington, the Potomac and the Anacostia, The remains are in & good state of presereation just now, but they will probably soon be obliterated, as they are included in the plat of « new villa called Buena Vista. They stand at the head of New Cut road. ‘Lhe fort was constructed in part by detachments from the seventeenth Maine and fourth New York heavy artillery. It was occu- gust, September and October of 1862, and by companies E and G, fourth New York heavy SS FORT (FKOM A WAR-1 oY aed Capt. Bampus’ tenth’ company, Massachusetts heave artillery, occupied it in May, 1864, Its, armament consisted of sixteen cuns. Four of |them were Sinch siege howitzers, six 32- | pounder sea coast howitzers, three 24-pounder | field ho: inch siege mortar and oue | mortar.” The fort was named by Gen. Met Yn, ina general order dated September 30, 18 |. in honor of Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln gF -t war secretary. sort Stevens was originally called Fort Massa- -pounder C | chusetts, and was built soon after the Fi | Bui Run, ebiclly by Gen. D. N. Coach's | gude, which wes composed of the aeveuth and tenth Massachusetts, «eaond ihode Island and ixth New York regimenta, ‘The York and other regiments tributed to its completion, ‘The fort r its present name through a gencral order of the War Department in the spring of 1863, in honor of Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, a native of Massachusetts, who was killed ‘at Va,, September 1, 1862. This fort, rs the distinction of baving been the scene of some stubborn fighting, is situated on Brightwood avenue (the 7th strect road of old), in the northern outskirts of the village of Lrightwood, about five miles north of the Capitol and three miles from Florida aveaue (old Boundary stroet). A part of the old works are standing ma fair state of preservation. Fort Stevens, being the principal protector aud defender of the chief highway icading into Washington, made the position a very impor- tant one, ‘Ihis importance was augmented by the fact of the position being naturally weak, inviting, as it did, the maim attack of the enemy. "It was regarded as the key to the de- fenses of the city. About a mile in advance of the fort the country rises to heights of from twenty to thirty fect higher than the crests of the work, furnishing to an cuemy most advan- tugeons positions for artiliery. Early was quick in discovering this weakness, and concen- trated his troops accordingly, But hie plans were frustrated, thanks to the timely arrival of reinforcementa ‘The fort was furnished with a powerful armament. mostly of siege guns, well protected by cmbrastres and tra verses, The extension of the work had a stoc aded gorge, flanked by a block house, it also contained an extensive bombproof, Fort Strong is on the north side of Falls Church road, about a mile soutawest of Ross- lyn, and is reached by way of Georgetown and (THE MAGAZINE AS picd by company I, seventeenth Maine, in Au- | | artillery, in February, March and April, 1862 | of throwing } itéers, one 20-pounder Parrott. one 10- | south | | | the Aqueduct bridge. It ix 288 feet above the | was armed with two Sinch siege bowitzers, FORT WILLIAMS, the brothers Bock, who in the process of erect- ing new buildings had to level a good part of the parapets. A portion of them ars yet pre- ‘Mr. "a present residence 1 on the ite side of the road, Forte Mans- field. Simmons. Bayard, Reno and Gaines are to the eastward. not far off. The fort ix best reached from Washington by way of George- town and the coniuit road. Tt was named for Gen, Edwin Vose Sumner. who died of wounds received at Antietam, while leading the second corps. and was largely built by the one hun. dred and seventeenth New York, It was oue of the largest of the forts. and its armament consisted of three Sinch howiteers. eight 32- pounder and 2+pounder sea coast guns two 100-pounder rifled Parrotts, sia 44y. rifled guns. six ¢-pounder James, one 10-inch siege mortar and two 2%4-pounder Celhoans. Among the troops that garrisoned the fort were detachments of the fifty-ninth and one lundred and seventeenth New York, fourth New York Ran while in the act of rallying panic stricken straggling soldiera After the Beil Ran! the Works were occapied by the thirtr-fitth New York. the members of the rogimont doing considerable toward completing the | moat and parapeta A detachment of the j sixteenth Maine oveupie! the works in the full of 1862. after Second Bull Rav. The arma- mont consisted of thirteen guns, of which foar | were 24-pounder siege; one Weponnder how: | itzer. four s0-poun ier Parrots, two €-pounder | | rided guns and two 24-pounder Caihoun mor- | tare. | “What' ie left of those old works will be | found in the barnyard of Columbus Alexander | Which stanas in the southwest augle formed by | the jnuction ol@ Ball's Crow Roads’ road and | Mibtary road. the latter being now known as | Coanty road.” Ports Cyaig and McPherson are |to the sontheastward, while Forts Whipple, | Cass. Woodbury, Morton and Corcoran are to the northward, FORT RAMSEY. (PROM WAR-TI hundred and seventeenth New York, batter: first Ohio artillery. and one hundred end tift first Ohio National Guards. Redoubte Kir! (originally called Fort Franklin, after Gen, Wm. B. Franklin) and Cross (originally called Fort Ripley, after Gen. James W. Ripley) were parts of the fort proper. Redoubt Davis (orig- inally called Fort Alexander, in honor of Capt. Barton S, Alexander. corps ‘of engineers, who perintended construction), a supporting bat- tery. stood on a blu overlooking the Conduit road and Potomae river. There was also a block house on the roadside, This old ‘thwork us well preserved and can be reached from the | Conduit road by way of a ravine, which is en- | tered a coupie of hundred yards to the west- ward of Dowling’s hotel, They are on the ridge on the west side of the ravine. ronr rayon. Fort Taylor was on the east mde of the Lees- burg road, a little north of where it crosses the Annandale road, and immediately north- west of Upton’s Hill. It did not form part of the regular tine of works, which this year are in the midst of an outteld, are well preserved. It was a rather frail strnet- ure, sich as field batteries were in the habit WHIPPLE. ME PHOTOGRAPH. } p at the ond of a da; when in the vicinity of the enemy, There are embrasures for six guns. ground be- longed to a Mr, William Taylor in war time (hence the name), but ts now owned by Dr. i, Talbott. It is three-qua of a mile f Falls Church, being within the town limits. The town etery ix nearly to the eastward. Hal Minor's bille the northward. the opposite side of the Leesburg road, and about sixty rods south, rt Buffalo, whil prt Ramsay is on the south side of the dale road, less than half a mile to the ward. Battery Terrill with Fort Kearney. FORT THAYER, Fort Thayer, a lunette, with faces of 100 rods south of the Brentwood road about a quarter of a mile east of where that road el road, and directly east H. King’s residence and green house. A byroad, whose mouth is marked by a marble stone, leads to the spot. The old works are in a fair state of preservation, bat are overgrown with weeds and underbrash, It was named for Col. Sylvanus Thayer, a native of Massa- chusctts, an engineer ofticer of distinction and “father” of West Point Military Academy. It 1892. IT NOW APPEARS.) level of the river. The old works are nearly demolished, but one of the magazines, a picce of the northern parapet and ditch, and a did old well still remain to remind the visitor of war time. ‘the fort was named in honor of Gen. George Crockett Strong, a native of Vermont, who diod July 80, 1863, of wounds received at Fort Wagver, in Charleston har- one 2%4-pounder siege gun, four 24-ponnder seacoast guns and one 24pounder Calhoun mortar, During the time of Early’s invest- ment of Washington the fort was garrisoned by a detachment of New Hampshire heavy ar- Hery and one hundred and fiftieth Ohio Na- tion Guard. FoR? TILLINGHAST, Fort Tillinghast is situated on Arlington Heights, immediately south of Fort Myer, and The old works, | "a march | seen to | is described in connection | ME SKETCHES.) | FoRT ToTTEX. Fort Totten occupied » strong and command. ing position on Rock Creek Chureh road, Rock Creck and National cemeteries being on ite West and south, respectivel; The old works. which are yet quite prominent, are now anked on the west by the straggling village of Rupliville, ‘The fort was named iu honor of Gen. Joseph Gilbert Totten, a native of Con- necticut, who was at the head of the engineer bureau in Washington, A few rods north of the fort was a battery for pieces, The headquarters of the seventy-sixth New York were here in Febraary, 1 During Early’ investment the fort was garrisoned by bi tery A, Tnited States artiliery, and de- tachments fr hb st company ~ | Rebel cuvalry 1864, " consisted of twenty guns, among them being some heavy rifled pieces aud mortara, A bat- tery for field pieces stood immediately north of the fort. The remains of ry Vermont, which was built by Vermont troops in 1862, will be found on the southwide of Chain Bridge road, about 100 yards east of the Co: and nearly opposite the waichman’s house at the sout end of receiving reservoir. It is just within the District ine, The works are in a fairstate of preservation, but cannot be seen from the roadside on account of the thick growth of trees upon them. It was named by Gen. Me- Cicilan in a general order, Detachments of first New Hampshire and fourth New York heavy artillery, second Vermont, first Rhode Island, one hundred and seventieth Obto Na- tional Guard garrisoned the battery at various times, The earthworks of old Fort Marcy, are conspicuous from nament consisted of three pounder seacoast guns, DMT WAGNER, Fort Wagner was at Good Hope and occu- pied the angle formed by the junction of Good Hope, Hamilton and Silver Hill roads, bat no trace of the work is visible now. The large bern in the rear of Mr, Jenkins’ house thesite of the old works, It was originally called “Fort Hope.” A few hundred yards sonth, at the junction of Hamilton road and Ainger avenne, is an old stone church (A. M. E.) that was used as a hospital daring the over on the Virgini this point. The ai pounder m | was a antain howitzers and the other pounder Calhoun mortar. It was In- vailey along which Silver early work on the fort Th | was done by Sickles” brigade of y uth Rhode detachment of Capt, Richardson's chusetts heavy artillery _ The fort was named ove" 1892. | engineers, U. 8 A., who had charge of its con- struction. pt. James anative of Hart- at Matthias Point, . June 27, 186i. ‘This fort is | situuted on the Leesburg tui three mites northwest of Alexandria, about the same dis- tance south of Washington, anda tile west of Fairfax seminary. It occupies « commending position, 285 fect above the level of the Poto- mac, overlooking the country nortuwardly and westwardly toward Baily’s cross roads and Ballston. “Today the old works are the center of athriving negro settlement. The earth- sare well preserved. espocially the line of rifle pits that connoct the fort with its neigh- bor, Fort Worth, to the southward. They are not'at all obscured by trees or other vegeta- seventeen guns, one of which was a 100- pounder rife cannon. Among the troops that oceupied this fort at different times during the war were detachments of the second New York light artillery, third battalion New York artil- lery, Col. Tyler's Connecticut regiment. the second Connecticut heavy artiliers, the thir- teenth New Jersey infantry. The named organization did good deal of the work on the fort and rifle pits, FORT WASHINGTON. This old fort constituted no part of the defenses of Washington, properly speaking, but its nearness to the city (eight miles below Fort Foote) made it practically a position of great local importance. Its water front is of Tmasoury, an antiquated stracture that would be of little defensive use in these modern days of improved methods of werfare, Lyon, Forts Farnsworth and 0! east of i This Tort wan orgy an meppadiingg Mastery then kuown as “BedouA A. ty of the fort on July 11! y shelled, The armament , j war, Fort W one of the smaller | ! forts P ng ont nd | mounting fir of these was an Sinch seae t howitzer, thre were 12- ner, topographicay | tion, The armament of the fort comprised | of instruction for officers and men of the signal service of the army. and placed under com ¥. transferred i into s camp or barracks, which has been ever since. Forte McPherson. Craig, hast, Case and Woodbury were in the ato vicinity. PORT WILLARD, Fort Willard bore the distinction of ocoupy. ing the extreme left of the Tine of defenses, and was originally an outpost of Fert Lyon, nd was then known as Redoubt D. It ecce- pred the apur of the ridge that terminated st River road. aod was separsted from Porte O'Rorke and Weed by Gravel road, having old Mount Vernon road on ite westside. It covered | Hunting Creek bridge, the lowlands toward the Potomac and River road and greatly ‘thened Fort Lyon. Fort Foote. the ex me might of the line. was timnediately oppo row the river. Fort Willard was one of r of the forts, and had an advanced Tt was pamed in ber, 1863, ta honor of Maj. George L. Willard, who was A at Gettysburg July 2, 1963 A small . Which was used as officers’ vters during the war, still stands in the Ist of the old works, which are in a fair state preservation. The rifle pits, which en- | tended to River road and beyond, are fairle and are visible from the road rd. The fort is eight miles “apitol and stands about 165 feet level of the Potomac. The fort was | FoRT WILLiaMe stands on Traitor’s Hill, in the angle formed | by Littiesitwer and Quaker Will roads. a little fax Seminary, and one and » half of Alexandria. The name of | Traitor’s lidli was given to the site of the fort | by the soldiers, because of ite having been the |bome of Samuel Cooper (being known as Cooper's Hill), who was adjutant general of the arwy at the eve of the rebellion, but whe went south and occupied « similar position un- der the confederacy. The fort was built on the ruins of the old Cooper mansion, which was carly dostro by the army, It was named after Geu, nas Willams, a native of New York state and a graduate of the Mili- tary Academy. who was killed at Baton Rouge, La., Aucum 5. 1862 A good part of the old Works etl stand, the magazines being particus larly weil preserved. On the high grogud east | of here, in the center of the line of rifle pits west connecting this fort with Fort Ellsworth, were two Innettes or supporting batteries, the re mains of which are visible from Little River road. YouT woopsuny, + Fort Woodbury is in a fair state of preserva- tion. but obscured by a heavy growth of trees, and will be found on the south side of Ballston, road, about a mile southwest from the Aqae- duct bridge. Fort Morton is across the road. It is reached by following the line of riffe pits along the margin of the road for a few hun- dred yards, The old works are within the lim- its of the new villa of Fort Myer Heights, and being run through them, ‘bilities are that there will soon be no trace of the old fort left. The fort mounted thirteen guns, os ag pounder siege, three '30-poun four 6-pounder rifled and one 24-pounder Cal- houn mortars, The fort was named by Gen, MeCiellan after Gen. D. P. Woodbary of the engineer corps, who m 1862 was in command of a section of the defenses in the vicinity of Alexanaria. It was occupied at various times detachments of the sixteenth Maine, fourth New ¥: : artillery, fourteenth Maxsacuusctts heavy artillery, sixteenth Come % | bectacut, Pont wortn. | The site of old Fort Worth is nows beauti- | ful spot, Ite once warlike parapets beam peace tully, flanking, as they do, the attractive reek dence of Col, Arthur Herbert. The present | house was built shortly after the war, and one | of the old magaziyes makes the collar, and @ | splendid cellar it i»—undoubtedly the most ox } pensive one in the state of Virginia, The otber magazine 38 used us « dairy or spring house, The fort was named by Gen. MeCiellan im honor of Ger jaui Jenkins Worth. « native of Hudson. a distinguished soldier of the Mexican war. The armament consixted of fourteen guns, cmong them being s rifled 100 auder, Which was Intended to eweep the seo- ort Lyon on the left around to Port Ward ox the right. Among the troops that oc- cnpied the fort at different tines were detach- ments of the second New York ligit artillery, the first Massachusctts infantry and the third buttalion New York artillery. JORS B, COOKE, . SAW SOME HARD FIGHTING. The Kepresentative of Colocade and Wyom- Ing in Che Natiounl Council. Comrade Johu B. Covke. who represents the Departaient of Colorado and Wyoming im the national council of aGministration. saw some | bard fighting during the war, In August, 1861, | when he was eihtcen years old, he enlisted a8 | private sin company E, ninety-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, better known as Gow line's Zouaves, lis reg.ment joined Newton's | brigade. Franklin's division, Army of the Po- tomac, early in the fall of 186i. He partic