Commemorating 150th Anniversary of Battle of Fort Stevens
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Commemorating 150th Anniversary of Battle of Fort Stevens

Tents dotted the landscape as the Union and Confederate troops set up camp at Fort Ward Park for a re-enactment of the Battle of Fort Stevens on Saturday afternoon, July 12. The actual Battle of Fort Stevens occurred on July 11 and 12, 1864 as General Jubal Early led his troops into battle against the Union camp at Fort Steven in Washington D.C. President and Mrs. Lincoln visited the troops at Fort Stevens while it was under siege.

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Joanna Jourdan, Mary Quinn Eakins and Lori Hall watch the inspection of the troops in …

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President Abraham Lincoln (Ted Ballard) walks through the line of troops preparing for battle at …

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Winslow Homer (Markus Nechay), an illustrator for Harper’s Weekly, sketches the formation and muster of …

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Frank Walizer, Rush Marsh and Don Hixson of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Company await …

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President Abraham Lincoln (Ted Ballard) walks to the fort with a reporter for Harper’s Weekly, …

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The 3rd US Regular Infantry Company K advance to the fort for the afternoon battle …

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Members of Greene’s Battalion pass civilians on their way to the field to hinder the …

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Greene’s Batallion members work their way beneath the northwest bastion of the fort.

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The Confederate troops move in to attack the fort in the re-enactment.

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More than a thousand visitor’s watched the one-hour reenactment of the Batlle of Fort Stevens …

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Manning the northwest bastion of the fort, Union defenders fire shots.

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