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

on the west side Of Esst Benning road The
| Old remains are quito conspicuous from the
roadside Before the war this hill was
| known as Carnegie Heights being part of
the scaggs estate. which was known in the
land records as Fortune Enlarged The
| tract now belongs to Mr. A. J. Curtis of
| this city. 1t was late in the war before the
fort was completed and it was never fully
| among the few guns mounted vas one 81
FOUNDER siege piece.
Fort Meigs.
Occupying the keypoint to Boone's bridge
an elevation that extends from Oxen Run
| below Geisboro to Benning. running para!-
| lei with Anacostia. stood Fort Meigs. Upon
| this ridge were also located Forts Mahan.
| Sedgwick, Craven, Dupont, Davis. Bake
| Wagner. Ricketts,. Stanton, Snyder. CarroN
| and Greble. The fort named after
| Montgomery c. Meigs, a distinguished In
| slheer offloer and Quartermaster to the gen
eral OF the army. He was retired at the
| time OF his death. which occurred in this
cry cry IN 1891. This was one of the larger
iorts' Its perimeter being 500 yards, and
| was chiefly constructed. as were the other
| Iorts on this ridge, by Sickles' Excelsior
brlgade OF New York city troops. Its ar
! mament consisted of four eight-inch how
| ltzers, i've forty-two FOUNDER James two
| underground howitzers, five twelve-pounder
held, two thirty-pounder PARROTS and one
| ten-inch ana one twenty-four- FOUNDER NOR
| tars The fort is elevated 500 feet above
| tide level and the old works are now in a
1air state of preservation. 1t is just out
| side the District line, In Prince Georges
| county. Md, at the juncture Of East Ben
! ping, Marlboro and Bowen roads and IS
| four miles distant from Anacostia and two
| and one-half miles from Benning. Com
! pany b, nth Maine: Company q. 81 United
States Artillery; 9th and I4th Companies
| Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: Knapp's
Company b. Pennsylvania Artillery. and
| SIckles' Excelsior Brigade were among the
troops that occupied this fort during the
war.
Fort Baker
The site of the fort hill in the east
ern outskirts of Good Hone on the south
side of the Bowen road, opposite the pres
| ent store and blacksmith shop 1t was oo6
feet above the tide level and commanded
| the Anacostia and navy yard bridge. Cen
eral Sickles had his Headquarters here
early in the war. and his brigade helped
in its construction. 1t was also the head
quarters of the 10th New York Heavy Ar
| tillery in 1862 and SO. when that command
occupied and worked on the forts in that
vicinity. Company +, 18th Maine, occu-
pied this fort in August, September and
october, 1862. and worked on the trenches
during that time. The oath Michigan and
111th New York also worked on the fort in
1862. In May, 1864. the fort was occupied
by Captain Aliens 9th Company Massachu-
sets Heavy Artillery. 1t was armed with
three S-inch howitZers seven "a FOUNDER
seacoast guns, two 24-pounder field howit-
Zers, eight 10-pounder PARROTS and one To-
inch and one 24-pounder Calhoun mortars
The fort was named after Col Edward
Dickinson Baker of the list PENNSYLVANIA
tpopularly known the 1st California;
who was killed at Balls Bluff, Va, Octo-
Der y, 1861.
Fort Stanton.
Fort Stanton work of considerable
dimensions. we'll built and tolerably well
armed. 1t occupied commanding spur,
219 feet above tide level and overlooked
Washington, Anacosta and the Potomac.
The remains are in good state of preserva-
ton just now, but they will soon be oblit-
Grated as they are included in the plat Of
a new villa called Buena Vista. They stand
at the head of the New Cut road. The fort
was constructed in part by detachments
pany /, 18th Maine, in August, September
Heavy Artillery. 1t was occupied by Com
pany I. nth Maine in August, September
and October, 1862. and by Companies II
and G, 4th New York Heavy Artillery. in
February. March and April 1St2. Captain
Bumpus, 10th Company, Massachusetts, oc-
cupied 1t in May, 1864 Its armament con-
sisted of sixteen guns. Four of them were
eight-inch siege howitZers, six thirty-two-
FOUNDER seacoast howitzers, three twenty
four FOUNDER field howitzers. one twenty
FOUNDER Parrot, one ten-inch siege mortar
| and one twenty four FOUNDER Calhoun NOR
| tar The fort was named by General Nc
| Clellan. in a general order dated September
| 30 1864 In honor Of Edward NJ. Stanton.
Lincoln's great war secretary.
Fort Carroll.
Fort Carroll is on the west side of Nicho-
las avenue a little north of the mouth OF
Livingston road, about one and half miles
south of the navy yard bridge. few yards
south of the fort, at the spur on the end OF
the plateau, was stockaded supporting bat
terry. The remains of the old work are now
inclosed by a wire fence, and are IN a falr
state of preservation. Giesboro Point. TO
the northward, was great cavalry rednez-
vous during the war. This was large,
we'll built fort, and occupied an important
position. being located on one of the prnci-
pal thoroughfares leading into southern
Maryland 1t was always the headquarters
Of an officer of high rank. The armament
consisted of fourteen guns as follows: Ten
S-inch seige howitzers. two 42-pounder
James, six 12-pounder field pieces. one 80
FOUNDER Parrot, and one 24-pounder CAL
houn mortar. In 1862 the fort was occu-
pied successfully by Companies {, ID. and
H. Heavy Artillery. 4th New York; detach-
ment of the Ssth Pennsylvania and Com
pany F, 18th Maine. These troops did much
toward completing the construction of the
works. which We're originally begun by
Sickles New York brigade. The Sth Com
pany. Massa chusetts Heavy Artillery, occu-
pied it in May 1861 The fort was named
by General Mcclellan in general order
dated September 30. 1861. To the south
Wafu was + OrC GueDle. Nnlle foftS snyder
and Stanton We're to the eastward. The as
sassin Booth ran the gauntlet of this fort
in his flight for life after the bloody
agedy.
Fort Greble
Fort Greble was a powerful work well
supplied with magazines and bombproof.
1t occupied the extremity of the plateau
overlooking the Potomac that ended some
what abruptly at the mouth of Oxen run.
1t stood on the premises of Lucius Barry,
but the place now belongs to Mr. Jam
Boyer, and quite remnant of the old
works are now found in the midst of the
outhouses and gardens. A neat summer
house now graces the spot once occupied by
Fort Lookout. The fort mounted seventeen
guns of various kinds and calibers, one of
them being a so pounder rifiei Parrot. 1t
garrisoned at different times in 1862
by Companies B and F, 4th New York
Heavy Artillery, AVID Company A, 18th
Maine Infantry, and these troops did con-
siderable toward completing the works.
Captain Worcesters 7th Company, Massa-