Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-09

being largely done by contrabands.- II was
one OF the smaller forts and among it's ar
mament were two eight-inch seige howitx-
ers and two four-an-a-half-inch Rodmans.
Old Fort Richardson is half a mile to the
eastward. while Forts Craig and McPher-
son are the same distance to the north
ward. Among the troops who occupied
this fort during the war were attachments
Of the 136th and 1921 Ohio National Guard.
platoon Of the Sd Battalion, New York Ar
tillery and the list Connecticut Heavy Ar
tillery. The fort was named after Gen.
Hiram George Berry, colonel of the 4th
Maine Infantry, who was killed at Chan
cellorsville while CALAMITY leading his d.
vision against Jacksons victorious troops.
Fort Barnard.
This fort was built by the troops In 1861,
and Is today among the best preserved of
the old works, the earthworks having suf
fered only from the natural waste Of rain,
etc They are on the land belonging to Mr..
S. B. Corbett, few hundred yards west
of Fort Barry. Mr.. Corbett says that he
intends preserving them. The armament
OF the fort consisted of three S-nch sea-
coast howitzers, five 32-pounders three 24-
FOUNDER siege guns three 24-pounder field
guns. three 80-pounder PARROTS, one 10
inch siege mortar and one 24-pounder Cal
noun mortar. DetachmentS of the Sd Bat
TALON New York Artillery, and 14th Massa-
chusetts, among other troops, occupied the
fort at different times during the war.
Fort Reynolds.
The old fort, known as Fort Reynolds, the
site of which commands Four-Mile run, and
from which splendid views are presented,
is in good state Of preservation. The
stream TANKS the northern side. The place
was known as ''Morvin'' during the war,
and the old colonial-looking mansion at the
foot of the hill, with its red roof and old
brick sides, has ancient appearance.
Some enterprising citizens of Alexandria
have selected the place the site of new
villa, to be called Morvin. 1t is said that
the old works are to form part of a project
ed park and are to be preserved in that
way The fort was named after Gen. John
Fulton Reynolds, a native of Lancaster
Pa, who was killed in the open engagement
at Gettysburg, Pa, July 1, 1863. 1t was
originally named Blenker, in honor of Gen.
Louis Blenker, whose division of Germans
were camped in the vicinity early during the
war, and who helped to build it. The fort
was occupied by a detachment of Colonel
Tyiers Connecticut regiment in Septem-
Der, 1862 after the Second Bull Run Two
hundred yards to the westward of the fort
well preserved, but obscured by trees, are
the remains of old Battery Garesche named
after Col. julius Peter Garesche, chief of
staff to General Rosecrans, who was killed
at Stone river, Tennessee, December 81,
1863. This was a seven-gun battery, with
stockaded gorge, and was intended to sup
port weak point In the western approach
to the fort.
Fort Ward.
Fort Ward was named after Capt. James
Herman Ward of the navy, a native of
Hartford, Conn. who was killed at Mat
thias Point, on the Potomac, June q, 1861.
The fort is situated on the Leesburg turn
pike, three miles west Of Alexandria, about
the same distance south of Washington
and a mile west of Fairfax Seminary. 1t
occupies a commanding position 2S5 feet
above the level of the Potomac, overlook
ing the country northwardly and westward
" toward Bailey's Cross Roads and Ball
ston. Today the old works are the center
of thriving negro settlement. The earth
works well preserved especially the
line of rifle pits that connect the fort with
it's neighbor, Fort Worth, to the south
ward. They are not at all obscured by
the trees and other vegetation. The arma-
ment of the fort comprised seventeen guns,
one of which was a one-hundred- FOUNDER
rifle cannon. Among the troops that occu-
pied the fort at different times during the
war were detachments of the I'd New York
Light Artillery. Sd Battalion New York Ar
tillery. Col. Tyler's Connecticut regiment,
the I'd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, the
18th New Jersey Infantry. The last named
organization did a good deal of work on
the fort and rifle pits.
Fort Worth.
The site of old Fort Worth is now
beautiful spot. Its one parapet beams
peacefully Ranking, as 1t does, the at
tractive residence of Col Arthur Herbert
The present house was built shortly after
the war, and one of the old magazines
makes the cellar, and a splendid cellar it is
undoubtedly the most expensive one in the
state of Virginia. The other magazine is
used As dairy spring house. The fort
was named by General Mcclellan in honor
of Gen William jenkins Worth, native
of Hudson N. Y. a distinguished soldier
in the Mexican war The armament con-
sisted of fourteen guns. among them being
a rfed 1Oo-pounder: which was intended
to sweep the section from Fort Lyon, on the
left around to Fort Ward, on the right.
Among the troops that occupied the tort
at different times were detachments OF the
Cd New York Light Artillery, the LIST Mas
sachusetts Infantry and the Sd New York
Artillery.
Fort Williams.
Fort Williams stands on Traitors Hill. In
the angle formed by Little river and Quaker
Hill road. little south of Fairfax Seminary
and one and half miles west of Alexandria.
The name of Traitors Hill was given to the
site of the fort by the soldiers because Of
its having been the home of Samuel Cooper
(being known as Coopers HID, who was
the rebellion but who went south and occu-
pied a similar position under the confed-
eracv The fort was built on the ruins of
the old Cooper mansion, which was early
destroyed by the army. 1t was named after
Gen Thomas Williams, a native of New
York state and a graduate of the Military
Academy, who was killed at Baton Rouge.
August 5, 1863. good part of the old
works still stand, the magazines being
particularly well preserved. On the high
ground east of here in the center of the
line of rifle pits, connecting this fort with
Fort Ellsworth. were two lunnettes or sup
porting batteries, the remains of which are
now visible from Little River road.
Fort Ellsworth.
This fort was named in honor of Col.
Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth of the New York
Fire Zouaves, who was killed in the Mar
shall House, Alexandria, May "a 1861, while
removing a conference flag that noated over
that building. This fort occupies a COM
manding position on Suter Hill, in West AL
exandria, between the Telegraph road and
Leesburg pike. three quarters Of mile
west of HuffS run, Fairfax reservoir,