Fort Reno
Civil War Defenses of Washington
No visible evidence remains of Fort Reno, which stood at the top of this hill, the highest elevation in Washington, D.C.
[drawing of Fort Reno] Fort Reno from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing. Cannon mounted at Fort Reno helped repulse a Confederate attack on Fort Stevens, July 11-12, 1864.
[map of northern DC] Other Civil War fort locations administered by Rock Creek Park.
[photo of unnamed Washington fort] During the Civil War, Washington's forts overlooked farm land.
Marker is at the intersection of Nebraska Avenue and Chesapeake Street, on the right when traveling south on Nebraska Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
