Fort Mahan
Civil War Defenses of Washington
Fort Mahan
Civil War Defenses of Washington
1861-1865
Earthworks of Fort Mahan are visible; follow path at the top of the hill.
[Illustration:]
Fort Mahan from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.
- Fort Mahan was named after West Point professor Dennis Hart Mahan whose book on fortifications guided construction of the forts around Washington, D.C.
[Map of the District of Columbia showing ...:]
Other Civil War fort locations administered by the National Park Service.
[Generic series photograph of Fort Circle artillerymen and cannon on a hilltop overlooking rural D.C.:]
During the Civil War, Washington’s forts overlooked farm land.
Marker is on Benning Road, NE west of 14th Street, NE.
Courtesy hmdb.org
