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Fort Totten was a Union Army defensive earthwork, built during the Civil War and named for Joseph Totten. It was built up during the fall of 1861, as part of the defense of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, also known as the Fort Circle. Construction on the fort began in August 1861 and was completed in 1863.
The Civil War-era Fort Totten was built as part of the Defenses of Washington, D.C. A few earthworks remain in Fort Totten Park. The surrounding neighborhood, an apartment house development (Aventine Fort Totten), [7] and a Washington DC Metro station bear his name. Fort Totten (Queens) is a historic former U.S. Army fort maintained by New York ...
The fort was among several forts of the third system of seacoast defense in the United States begun in the first year of the Civil War. The initial design was drawn up by Robert E. Lee in 1857 and modified during construction by Chief Engineer Joseph G. Totten . [ 9 ]
The neighborhood takes its name from the Civil War fort located at the top of the hill. It was built in 1861 and completed in 1863 to provide protection to the capital during the civil war. The fort is named for Joseph Gilbert Totten, a general in the War of 1812. [1]
An 1865 map of American Civil War defenses of the national capital of Washington, D.C., including forts, roads, and railroads Fort Stevens in 2006 Battleground National Cemetery The 1865 map shows the following fortifications, some of which no longer exist.
Fort Totten, built during the Civil War and largely incomplete, faces it on the opposite side of the river. Their interlocking batteries created a bottleneck of defenses against ships attempting to approach New York City.
Fort Totten may refer to: Fort Totten (Queens), a Civil War–era military installation in New York City; Fort Totten, North Dakota. Fort Totten State Historic Site, a Dakota frontier-era fort and Native American boarding school; Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in north east Washington, D.C.
Fort Bunker Hill. One of the Civil War Defenses of Washington erected in the fall of 1861, Fort Bunker Hill occupied an important position between Fort Totten and Fort Lincoln in the defense of the National Capital. Thirteen guns and mortars were mounted in the fort. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service