Fort Saratoga

Fort Saratoga was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Unlike other forts, nothing remains of the structure.

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  American Battlefield Trust ⓘ
  nonprofit organization focused on the preservation of battlefields of the American Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812

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  Battle of Lewinsville ⓘ
  1861 skirmish of the American Civil War

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  Retreat from Gettysburg ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Bladensburg ⓘ
  war of 1812 battle

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  Raid on Alexandria ⓘ
  British victory during the War of 1812

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  Battle of Arlington Mills ⓘ
  1861 battle of the American Civil War

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  Battle of Vienna ⓘ
  1861 battle of the American Civil War

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  Battle of Lewinsville ⓘ
  1861 battle

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  Bog Wallow Ambush ⓘ
  1861 battle of the American civil War

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  Maryland Campaign ⓘ
  also known as the Antietam Campaign, an American Civil War invasion

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  Battle of Fairfax Court House ⓘ
  1863 battle of the American Civil War

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  Battle of Fort Stevens ⓘ
  1864 battle of the American Civil War

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  1974 White House helicopter incident ⓘ
  1974 incident in which a US Army pilot landed a stolen helicopter on the White House's south lawn

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  2021 storming of the United States Capitol ⓘ
  2021 attempt to prevent the U.S. presidential electoral vote count

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  Battery Reno ⓘ
  gun battery attached to Fort Reno in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Presidential Emergency Operations Center ⓘ
  multilevel bunker-like structures underneath the East Wing and North Lawn of the White House

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  Battery Cameron ⓘ
  historic fort in Washington, DC

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  Battery Carroll ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, DC

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  Battery Garesché ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington County, Virginia, United States

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  Battery Ricketts ⓘ
  historic fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Albany ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Chaplin ⓘ
  historic fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Hunt ⓘ
  fort, now a public park in Fairfax County, Virginia, US

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  Fort Mahan ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Prince George ⓘ
  incomplete 18th century fort in colonial Pennsylvania

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  Fort Richardson ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Washington Park ⓘ
  historic fort and military reservation: and surrounding parkland in Fort Washington, Maryland, United States  

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  Battery Kemble ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.  

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  Fort Bunker Hill ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Fort Corcoran ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort DeRussy ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.  

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  Fort Dupont ⓘ
  historical fort and its earthwork remains in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Ellsworth ⓘ
  historical fort in Virginia, United States

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  Fort Greble ⓘ
  historic fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Haggerty ⓘ
  historical fort in northern Virginia

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  Fort Jackson ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Lincoln ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Lyon ⓘ
  historical fort in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Marcy ⓘ
  historical fort in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States  

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  Fort Reno ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Fort Reynolds ⓘ
  historical redoubt in Arlington County, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Runyon ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Saratoga ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Fort Scott ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Slemmer ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Fort Slocum ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Fort Stanton ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., US

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  Fort Stevens ⓘ
  historic fort in Washington, D.C.  

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  Fort Sumner ⓘ
  historical fort in Montgomery County, Maryland, US

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  Fort Thayer ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Fort Tillinghast ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Ward ⓘ
  historic fort and interpretive museum in Alexandria, Virginia, United States  

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  Fort Williams ⓘ
  historical fort in Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Woodbury ⓘ
  historical fort in Arlington, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Worth ⓘ
  historical fort in Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Craig ⓘ
  Civil War-era fort in Arlington County, Virginia

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  Fort Davis ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Totten ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Ethan Allen ⓘ
  historical fort utilized as an Arlington County park, in Virginia, United States

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  Fort Bayard ⓘ
  historic fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort Farnsworth ⓘ
  historic fort in Virginia, USA

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  Fort Foote ⓘ
  historical fort in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States  

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  Fort Kearny ⓘ
  historical fort in Washington, D.C.

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  Fort O'Rourke ⓘ
  historical fort in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

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  Fort Willard ⓘ
  historical fort and park in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

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  Battery Rodgers ⓘ
  former artillery emplacement in Alexandria, Virginia

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  Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ
  historical fort utilized as an Arlington County park in Virginia, United States

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  Fort Whipple ⓘ
  historic fort built in the American Civil War, in Virginia

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  Washington Navy Yard ⓘ
  former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy

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  African American Civil War Museum ⓘ
  museum in Washington, D.C.

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  National Museum of the United States Army ⓘ
  official museum for the history of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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  USS Barry ⓘ
  1955 Forrest Sherman-class destroyer

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  National Museum of Health and Medicine ⓘ
  museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

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  Army Medical Museum and Library ⓘ
  United States historic place

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  National Museum of the United States Navy ⓘ
  flagship museum of the United States Navy

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1814 Battle of Bladensburg

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1861 Battle of Vienna

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1861 Battle of Lewinsville

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1861 Bog Wallow Ambush

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1862 Maryland Campaign

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1863 Battle of Fairfax Court House

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1864 Battle of Fort Stevens

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1974 1974 White House helicopter incident

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2021 2021 storming of the United States Capitol

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1941 Presidential Emergency Operations Center

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1808 Fort Washington Park

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1861 Battery Kemble

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1861 Fort Bunker Hill

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1861 — 1867 Fort Corcoran

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1861 Fort DeRussy

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1861 Fort Dupont

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1861 Fort Ellsworth

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1861 Fort Greble

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1861 — 1865 Fort Haggerty

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1861 — 1865 Fort Jackson

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1861 Fort Lincoln

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1861 Fort Lyon

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1861 Fort Marcy

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1861 Fort Reno

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1861 Fort Reynolds

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1861 Fort Runyon

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1861 Fort Scott

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1861 Fort Slemmer

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1861 Fort Slocum

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1861 Fort Stanton

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1861 Fort Stevens

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1861 — 1953 Fort Sumner

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1861 — 1908 Fort Thayer

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1861 Fort Tillinghast

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1861 Fort Ward

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1861 Fort Williams

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1861 Fort Woodbury

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1861 Fort Worth

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1861 Fort Craig

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1861 Fort Davis

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1861 Fort Totten

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1861 Fort Ethan Allen

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1862 Fort Bayard

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1862 Fort Farnsworth

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1862 — 1878 Fort Foote

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1862 — 1866 Fort Kearny

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1862 Fort O'Rourke

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1862 Fort Willard

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1863 Battery Rodgers

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1863 Fort C. F. Smith

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1863 — 1881 Fort Whipple

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1799 Washington Navy Yard

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1862 National Museum of Health and Medicine

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1887 Army Medical Museum and Library

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1961 National Museum of the United States Navy

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	project	1947	Project CHATTER		Wikidata
event	armed conflict		American Battlefield Trust	nonprofit organization, battle, military history	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Lewinsville	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Retreat from Gettysburg	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1814	Battle of Bladensburg	United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1814	Raid on Alexandria	United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Arlington Mills	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Vienna	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Lewinsville	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Bog Wallow Ambush	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Maryland Campaign	invasion, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Fairfax Court House	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Fort Stevens	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1974	1974 White House helicopter incident	skirmish, security breach, theft, aviation incident	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2021	2021 storming of the United States Capitol	demonstration, rebellion, attempted coup d'état, livestreamed crime, insurgency, storming	Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Sequoia	motor yacht	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1942	Applied Physics Laboratory	nonprofit organization, arms industry, laboratory, defense contractor, space industry, University Affiliated Research Center	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1948	DRS Technologies	arms industry, business, former entity, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1961	Martin Marietta	arms industry, business, aerospace industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1968	ManTech International	arms industry, business, public company	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1994	Northrop Grumman	organization, arms industry, shipbuilding, public company, aerospace manufacturer, business, aerospace industry, aircraft industry, defense contractor, electronics industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1994	United Defense	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1995	Lockheed Martin	information security, arms industry, public company, defense contractor, aerospace industry, business, electronics industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1999	General Dynamics Mission Systems	arms industry, aerospace industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1999	BAE Systems Inc.	arms industry, aerospace manufacturer, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2002	Alion Science and Technology	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2004	Argon ST	arms industry, business, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2005	BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support	arms industry, subsidiary company, aerospace industry	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2005	BAE Systems Land & Armaments	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2011	Exelis Inc.	arms industry, public company, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2020	RTX	arms industry, aerospace industry, business, public company, defense contractor	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1790	United States Coast Guard	coast guard, sea rescue organization, federal law enforcement agency of the United States	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1861	Union Army	army	Wikidata
organisation	military unit	1918	United States Army Air Service	army aviation component	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1862	Battery Reno	artillery battery, Union Army	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Presidential Emergency Operations Center	underground infrastructure system, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Battery Cameron	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort		Battery Carroll	former entity, fort, Union Army, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort		Battery Garesché	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Battery Ricketts	fort, earthworks, National Park Service, United States Army	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Albany	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Chaplin	fort, earthworks, National Park Service, United States Army	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hunt	historic district, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Mahan	fort, Union Army, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Prince George	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Richardson	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1808	Fort Washington Park	headquarters, National Park System unit, fort, National Park Service, military base, United States Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Battery Kemble	former entity, Rock Creek Park (U.S. agency), fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Bunker Hill	National Park Service, fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Corcoran	former entity, fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort DeRussy	former entity, fort, National Park Service, Union Army, earthworks	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Dupont	fort, Union Army, earthworks, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Ellsworth	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Greble	fort, Union Army, National Park Service, ruins	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Haggerty	former entity, Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Jackson	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Lincoln	former entity, Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Lyon	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Marcy	fort, Union Army, earthworks, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Reno	fort, Union Army, archaeological site, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Reynolds	Union Army, redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Runyon	Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Saratoga	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Scott	Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Slemmer	former entity, fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Slocum	Union Army, archaeological site, Rock Creek Park (U.S. agency), fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Stanton	Union Army, fort, ruins, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Stevens	District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation, Union Army, fort, National Park Service, national park	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Sumner	former entity, Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Thayer	former entity, fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Tillinghast	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Ward	Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Williams	Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Woodbury	former entity, Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Worth	Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Craig	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Davis	fort, Union Army, earthworks, National Park Service	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Totten	Union Army, fort, earthworks	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Ethan Allen	fort, government of Arlington County, Union Army, urban park	Wikidata
site	fort	1862	Fort Bayard	National Park Service, fort, Union Army, earthworks	Wikidata
site	fort	1862	Fort Farnsworth	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1862	Fort Foote	Union Army, earthworks, fort, United States Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1862	Fort Kearny	Union Army, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1862	Fort O'Rourke	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1862	Fort Willard	Union Army, fort, park	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Battery Rodgers	fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Fort C. F. Smith	government of Arlington County, archaeological site, fort, Union Army	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Fort Whipple	fort	Wikidata
site	military base	1799	Washington Navy Yard	shipbuilding, shipyard, naval arsenal	Wikidata
site	museum		African American Civil War Museum	African-American museum, history museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		National Museum of the United States Army	United States federal agency, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Barry	preserved watercraft, museum ship, destroyer, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1862	National Museum of Health and Medicine	medical museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1887	Army Medical Museum and Library	military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1961	National Museum of the United States Navy	military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		District of Columbia LOC 87693313-7		Commons