page_title: Civil War Defenses of Washington
section_title: Fortifications
hierarchical_section_title: Civil War Defenses of Washington / Fortifications
caption_attribution_description: Ft. Stevens, Washington, D.C. with a replica 30-pdr Parrott rifle. Taken July 23, 2006 with Canon PowerShot SD300. en:Category:Images of Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: The Civil War Defenses of Washington were a group of Union Army fortifications that protected the federal capital city, Washington, D.C., from invasion by the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The sites of some of these fortifications are within a collection of National Park Service properties that the National Register of Historic Places identifies as the Fort Circle. The sites of other such fortifications in the area have become parts of state, county or city parks or are located on privately owned properties.
  Parts of the earthworks of some such fortifications still exist. Other such fortifications have been completely demolished.
context_section_description: The 1865 map shows the following fortifications, some of which no longer exist. Forts in italic type are included in the National Register of Historic Places listing.
caption: Fort Stevens in 2006
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