Fort Stevens (Q5472116)

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historic fort in Washington, D.C.
  • Fort Massachusetts
  • Fort Stevens Park
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Fort Stevens
historic fort in Washington, D.C.
  • Fort Massachusetts
  • Fort Stevens Park

Statements

instance of
fort
end time
unknown value
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
LOCATION: Washington, DC; SIGNIFICANCE: Civil War Fort; DESIGNATION: National Park (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
national park
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
LOCATION: Washington, DC; SIGNIFICANCE: Civil War Fort; DESIGNATION: National Park (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
inception
1861
sourcing circumstances
circa
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
A:The CWDW was designed by Major John G. Barnard. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West point with the intent to defend/protect the U.S. capital between 1861-1865 after the onset of the American Civil War. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
has use
defense
of
Georgia Avenue
start time
1861
end time
1865
sourcing circumstances
circa
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
Fort Stevens, now partially restored, was built to defend the approaches to Washington from the 7th Street Pike (now Georgia Avenue) which was then the main thoroughfare from the north into Washington. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
park
of
District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation
end time
unknown value
series ordinal
1
2 references
reference URL
https://dpr.dc.gov/page/fort-circle-series
title
Fort Circle Series (English)
subject named as
Fort Stevens
quotation
DPR has created a series of caches to bring attention to the Fort Circle Parks that it manages. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
reference URL
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC783EM_dpr-fort-stevens-cache
title
DPR - Fort Stevens Cache (English)
publication date
27 June 2017
quotation
This is a part of the Fort Circle Parks series of caches placed by the District of Columbia’s Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), to bring attention to the six Fort Circle Parks that are managed by DC DPR. There are an additional 11 Fort Circle Parks managed by the National Parks Services. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
image
Fort Stevens.jpg
1,696 × 1,009; 789 KB
media legend
Ft. Stevens, Washington, D.C., with a replica 30-pdr Parrott rifle (English)
point in time
23 July 2006
depicts
Parrott rifle
1 reference
imported from Wikimedia project
English Wikipedia
official name
Fort Stevens (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens... (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
Fort Massachusetts (English)
end time
unknown value
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens... (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
native label
Fort Stevens (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens... (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
significant person
Abraham Lincoln
object has role
subject
point in time
12 July 1864Gregorian
2 references
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
quotation
On July 12, 1864, the President stood atop the parapet to observe the fighting and came under fire from Confederate sharpshooters. It is the only time in American history in which a sitting president came under direct fire from an enemy combatant. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/articles/president-lincoln-under-fire-at-fort-stevens.htm
retrieved
30 August 2019
conflict
American Civil War
start time
1861
end time
1865
sourcing circumstances
circa
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
A:The CWDW was designed by Major John G. Barnard. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West point with the intent to defend/protect the U.S. capital between 1861-1865 after the onset of the American Civil War. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
named after
Isaac Stevens
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-stevens.htm
title
Fort Stevens (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
24 June 2019
quotation
Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brig. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens... (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
location
Brightwood
0 references
owned by
National Park Service
start time
1933
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
Q: When did Fort Stevens become property of the National Park Service? A: 1933 (English)
Q: Is Fort Stevens reconstructed? A: Fort Stevens, which came under fire during the Civil War on July 11-12, 1864 was reconstructed to appear as it did in 1864 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1936. The NPS acquired Fort Stevens and many of the CWDW sites in 1933. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
significant event
Battle of Fort Stevens
start time
11 July 1864Gregorian
end time
12 July 1864Gregorian
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/maps/battle-fort-stevens
title
American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Fort Stevens (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
reconstruction
point in time
1936
0 references
made from material
dirtiness
applies to part
fort
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
A:The military fortifications were constructed primarily with dirt (earthworks). (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
operator
Union Army
end time
1865
0 references
District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation
end time
unknown value
2 references
reference URL
https://dpr.dc.gov/page/fort-circle-series
title
Fort Circle Series (English)
subject named as
Fort Stevens
quotation
DPR has created a series of caches to bring attention to the Fort Circle Parks that it manages. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
reference URL
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC783EM_dpr-fort-stevens-cache
title
DPR - Fort Stevens Cache (English)
publication date
27 June 2017
quotation
This is a part of the Fort Circle Parks series of caches placed by the District of Columbia’s Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), to bring attention to the six Fort Circle Parks that are managed by DC DPR. There are an additional 11 Fort Circle Parks managed by the National Parks Services. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
National Park Service
0 references
architect
John G. Barnard
applies to part
fort
object has role
designer
point in time
1861
sourcing circumstances
circa
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
A:The CWDW was designed by Major John G. Barnard. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West point with the intent to defend/protect the U.S. capital between 1861-1865 after the onset of the American Civil War. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
Civilian Conservation Corps
applies to part
fort
object has role
restorer
point in time
1936
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
Q: Is Fort Stevens reconstructed? A: Fort Stevens, which came under fire during the Civil War on July 11-12, 1864 was reconstructed to appear as it did in 1864 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1936. The NPS acquired Fort Stevens and many of the CWDW sites in 1933. (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
occupant
11th Vermont Infantry
end time
May 1864Gregorian
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UVT0001RAH
title
UNION VERMONT VOLUNTEERS : 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery (English)
quotation
Company "A" at Fort Lincoln September 27 to November 17, 1862, then at Fort Totten till March, 1864, and at Fort Lincoln till May, 1864. Company "B" at Forts Massachusetts and Stevens till March, 1864, then at Fort Totten till May, 1864. Companies "C" and "D" at Fort Saratoga till November 17, 1862, then at Fort Massachusetts till March, 1864. Company "C" at Fort Stevens till May, 1864. Company "D" at Fort Saratoga till May, 1864. Company "E" at Fort Totten till November 17, 1862, then at Fort Slocum till May, 1864. Company "F" at Fort Bunker Hill till November 17, 1862, then at Fort Slocum till March, 1864, and at Fort Thayer till May, 1864. Company "G" at Fort Lincoln till November 17, 1862, then at Fort Slocum till May, 1864. Company "H" at Fort Slocum till March, 1864, then at Fort Bunker Hill till May, 1864. Company "I" at Fort Thayer till November 17, 1862, then at Fort Massachusetts till March, 1864, and at Fort Bunker Hill till May, 1864. Company "K" at Fort Totten till May, 1864. Company "L" at Fort Lincoln till May, 1864. Company "M" at Fort Bunker Hill till May, 1864. (English)
retrieved
23 February 2020
street address
6001 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20011 (English)
1 reference
stated in
Google Maps
Google Maps Customer ID
6761188674470690169
retrieved
30 August 2019
plaque image
Fort Stevens Park DC 02.JPG
4,608 × 3,456; 4.43 MB
media legend
Fort Stevens Park is the location of a Civil War era fortification on the north side of Washington, D.C. in the Brightwood neighborhood. (English)
point in time
23 October 2012
1 reference
stated in
Library of Congress Online Catalog
reference URL
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3851rm.gcw0689000/?sp=11
retrieved
30 August 2019
has part(s) of the class
earthwork
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/faqs.htm
title
Civil War Defenses of Washington: Frequently Asked Questions (English)
author
National Park Service
publication date
23 June 2016
quotation
A:The military fortifications were constructed primarily with dirt (earthworks). (English)
retrieved
30 August 2019
Commons category
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
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Identifiers

FAST ID
1317656
subject named as
Washington (D.C.)--Fort Stevens
1 reference
stated in
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
retrieved
30 August 2019
Library of Congress authority ID
sh88005006
subject named as
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
alternative name
Stevens, Fort (Washington, D.C.)
1 reference
stated in
Library of Congress Subject Headings
object stated in reference as
found: Work cat.: D.C. Office of the Surveyor. Plat of proposed reservation at Fort Stevens, near Brightwood, D.C., 1900.
found: BGN, 2/4/88(Fort Stevens, locale, 38⁰57ʹ51ʺN, 77⁰01ʹ44ʺW)
found: GNIS D.C., 1981(Fort Stevens, locale)
retrieved
30 August 2019
Atlas Obscura ID
fort-stevens-2
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fort-stevens-2
title
Atlas Obscura - Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations (English)
retrieved
12 February 2024
Freebase ID
/m/0brssj
0 references
GeoNames ID
4138734
subject has role
park
subject named as
Fort Stevens Park
1 reference
stated in
GeoNames
retrieved
30 August 2019
Instagram location ID
248396290
subject named as
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
1 reference
stated in
Instagram
retrieved
31 August 2019
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000790612
subject named as
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.) lat
0 references
TripAdvisor ID
6893137
0 references
 
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