Fort DeRussy (Washington, D.C.)

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Fort DeRussy was an American Civil War-era fortification constructed in 1861 as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C..

It participated in the Battle of Fort Stevens, contributing a large amount of cannon fire in the course of that battle. Today, the grounds of the fort are administered by the U.S. National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park in the northern portion of the District of Columbia.

v • d • e American Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.

Departments	Department of the East • Department of Washington, D.C. • Department of the Potomac • Military District of Washington • Department of the Rappahanock • Defenses of Washington, D.C. • Department of Washington

Union Army Forces	Army of the Potomac • XXII Corps

Potomac Approaches	Fort Washington • Fort Foote • Battery Rodgers

Arlington Line	Fort Willard • Fort O'Rourke • Fort Weed • Fort Farnsworth • Fort Lyon • Fort Ellsworth • Fort Williams • Fort Worth • Fort Ward • Battery Garesche • Fort Reynolds • Fort Barnard • Fort Berry • Fort Richardson • Fort Albany • Fort Scott • Fort Runyon • Fort Jackson • Fort Craig • Fort McPherson • Fort Tillinghast • Fort Cass • Fort Whipple • Fort Woodbury • Fort Morton • Fort Corcoran • Fort Haggerty • Fort Bennett • Fort Strong • Fort C.F. Smith • Fort Munson • Fort Ramsey • Fort Buffalo • Fort Taylor • Fort Ethan Allen • Fort Marcy •

Northwest Quadrant	Battery Kemble • Battery Vermont • Battery Alexander • Fort Sumner • Fort Mansfield • Fort Gaines • Fort Simmons • Fort Bayard • Fort Reno • Fort Kearny • Fort DeRussy • Fort Stevens •

Northeast Quadrant	Fort Slocum • Fort Totten • Fort Slemmer • Fort Bunker Hill • Fort Saratoga • Fort Thayer • Fort Lincoln • Fort Mahan •

Eastern Branch	Fort Chaplin • Fort Meigs • Fort Dupont • Fort Saratoga • Fort Davis • Fort Baker • Fort Wagner • Fort Ricketts • Fort Stanton • Fort Snyder • Fort Carroll • Fort Greble •

National Park Service (Web) • Map of defenses in 1865