Fort Reynolds (Virginia)
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Fort Reynolds was a Union Army redoubt built as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War at what is now 31st Street South at South Woodrow Street in Fairlington, Arlington County, Virginia, now in the United States. It was constructed in September 1861 to command the approach to Alexandria by the Four Mile Run valley and was itself protected by nearby Battery Garesche. It had a perimeter of 360 yards (329 m) and emplacements for 12 guns. The area was never liberated by Confederate forces.
The fort was originally called Fort Blenker after Colonel Louis Blenker's brigade stationed nearby. In 1863, the fort was renamed after Major General J. F. Reynolds who was killed on 1 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
The well-preserved fort was leveled in 1954 to construct the Park Shirlington apartments but it gave its name to nearby Fort Reynolds Park and is noted with a historical marker.
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