Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-19

Capt J. n. Abbey. second Pennsylvania heavy
artillery, who then had charge of the artillery
in the fort. Gen. NJ. G. Meigs with some
l,5o0 employees OF the quartermaster depart
this fort during the battle. and it was also sup
ported BY Col. Prices Francis Price. seventh
New Jersey volurteers) brigade Of 2, 500 conva-
iescents taken from the hospitals. and repre-
senting nearly every regiment il the Army of
the Potomac. The fort was garrisoned by
company +. seventy-sixth New York. during
the first half of the year 1852. In The summer
OF 1864, 1t was garrisoned. among other troops.
by detachments New Hampshire heavy artil-
lery. one hundred and fftieth Ohio National
panies A and hnapp's Pennsyiy ania artillery.
An account OF Battery Smead is given in
connection with tina. of Fort De Russy.
FORT SMITH.
This powerful work was named after Gen.
Charles F. Smith, who died of wounds received
while calamity scaling the heights Of Fort
Donelson. The twenty ninth and thirtieth
companies Massachusetts, heavy artillery were
among the troops that garrisoned the fort
The old works are in good state of preserva-
ton at present, and splendid landscape views
are obtained from them. But the ground is
plated for new villa site, to be called Ivan
void, and the probabilities are that a very
short time will witness their entire demolition.
The plateau or tableland upon which the fort
stood was known before the war by the desig
nation Of "Carberry Meadows" and ''Eed
House." The fort is best reached from George
town by way of the A4ueduct bridge. Fails
Church road and Ivanwold by-road, the latter,
which leads through the old works, being
entered at Fort Strong. about mile south OF
Rosslyn. Tho fort was originally called Fort
De Kalb." but it was rechristcned on May so,
1863 In its immediate vicinity are Forts
Bennett and Strong.
Fort Snyder stood on the north side of
Hamilton road, in the southeast corner of the
farm connected with Government Insane
Asylum. Nj. I. ]. jenkins place is directly
to the eastward. There is very little of the
old works left, trace of the ditch here and
there in the field being all that is visible.
This was o small work, being merely an out
work TO Fort Stanton, mounting only eight
guns, two of which were 3-inch siege howitZers,
the other six being l2-pounder field guns. In
tho spring of 1852 the fort was occupied by
company A. fourth New York heavy artillery
Company ID, seventeenth Maine infantry, occu-
pied 1t i'll the summer and winter OF the same
year. A detachment of Capt. Richardson's
twelfth company Massachusetts heavy artil-
lery was here in the summer of 1864. The
fort was named after Lieut.. GeorceW Snyder.
corps OF engineers, who bad charge of its con-
structiop.
Fort Stanton was a work OF considerable d.
mansions, well built and tolerabiy we'll armed
1t occupied a commanding spur, 30 feet above
tide level. and overlooked Washington, the
Potomac and the Anacostia. The remains are in
good state OF preservation just now, but they
will probably soon be obliterated. as they are
included in the plat OF new villa called
Buena Vista They stand at the head Of New
Cut road. The fort was constructed in part by
detachments from the seventeenth Maine and
fourth New York heavy artillery. 1t was occu-
pied by company l. seventeenth Maine, in Au-
gust. September and October of 1862. and BIZ
companies 4 and q, fourth New York heavy