Fort Lincoln Park
| Fort Lincoln | |
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Brigade headquarters at Fort Lincoln | |
  Location within Washington, D.C. | |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°55′26″N 76°57′22″W / 38.924°N 76.956°WCoordinates: 38°55′26″N 76°57′22″W / 38.924°N 76.956°W |
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Fort Lincoln is a Civil War earthwork in the Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.) neighborhood. It was constructed in 1861 for the defense of Washington.
History
The fort was built along the District line in adjacent Prince George's County, Maryland, directly along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington.
The fort had a perimeter of 466 yards (426 m), and places for 34 guns, including one 100 pound Parrott rifle.[1]
The fort is within Fort Lincoln Cemetery, and can be visited.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (6 October 2009). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Scarecrow Press. pp. 203–208. ISBN 978-0-8108-6307-1.
- ↑ ""Battery Jameson, Fort Lincoln"" Waymark
- ↑ Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory Form for State Historic Sites Inventory - Battery Jameson (PG-68-15a)
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