FORT STEVENS WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Location: QUACKENBOS STREET NW AND 13TH STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 2011
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1936
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865. THIS FORT WAS THE SITE OF THE ONLY BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DURING THE BATTLE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO CAME TO OBSERVE THE FIGHTING, WAS FIRED UPON BY CONFEDERATE SHARPSHOOTERS.
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