Fort Stanton
Civil War Defenses of Washington
Earthworks of Fort Stanton are visible in the wooded area 200 yards in front of you.
Diagram:
Fort Stanton from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.
Fort Stanton was named for Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, was the first fort constructed beyond the Anacostia River.
Map:
Other Civil War fort locations administered by the National Park Service.
Period photograph of artillerists at an unspecified battery belonging to the Civil War Defenses of Washington: During the Civil War, Washington’s forts overlooked farm land.
Marker can be reached from Morris Road, SE north of Morris Rd/Elvans Street, SE.
Courtesy hmdb.org
