Fort Sumner (3)
Fort Sumner (3) (1861-1865) - Established as three independent earthworks forts in 1861 during the U.S. Civil War in Montgomery County, Maryland. Fort Ripley (3), Fort Alexander (2) and Fort Franklin (4) were connected by earthworks and combined into Fort Sumner in 1863 as a part of the Washington DC Defense System. The individual forts were then classified as Redoubt Cross, Redoubt Davis and Redoubt Kirby respectively in 1864. Fort Sumner was named after Major General Edwin V. Sumner. Abandoned in 1865.
Fort Sumner (3) History
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Current Status
Marker only remains, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Location: Marker at Sangamore Road and Westpath Way, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland. Maps & Images Lat: 38.956689 Long: -77.122468 |
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- Cooling, Benjamin F. III and Owen, Valton H. II, Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 0810863073, ISBN 9780810863071, 334 pages.
- 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 390
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