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A bastioned fort with four faces. Mounted one 100 pounder Parrott and four 20 pounder Parrott guns as well as a number of other major pieces of artillery. | |||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
On the grounds of the Fort Lincoln Elementary School. | On the grounds of the Fort Lincoln Elementary School. | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 2 August 2010
Fort Lincoln (2) (1861-1865) - First established in 1861 as a part of the Defense of Washington DC during the U.S. Civil War. Named after President Abraham Lincoln. Abandoned in 1865 after the end of the war.
Fort Lincoln (2) History
A bastioned fort with four faces. Mounted one 100 pounder Parrott and four 20 pounder Parrott guns as well as a number of other major pieces of artillery.
Current Status
On the grounds of the Fort Lincoln Elementary School.
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Location: Fort Lincoln Elementary School, Washington DC. Maps & Images Lat: 38.92591 Long: -76.95837 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 137
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