Fort DuPont

Fort DuPont (HMV8Z)

Location: Washington, DC 20019
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 52.389', W 76° 56.428'

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Civil War Defenses of Washington

— 1861 - 1865 —

Panel 1:
Civil War Defenses of Washington
Fort DuPont
This small work was one of the defenses begun in the fall of 1861 on the ridge east of the Anacostia River. It was named after Admiral Samuel DuPont, a commander of the South Atlantic Blockade Squadron. Eight guns and one mortar comprised its armament.

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Parks - Presented by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the District of Columbia, 1955

Panel 2:
... Earthworks of Fort DuPont are visible; follow path to the entrance of the park. ...
[Rendering of] Fort DuPont from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.
Fort DuPont was named after Rear Admiral Francis Pierpoint DuPont, a Union naval hero of the early years of the Civil War.
[Map of] Other Civil War fort locations administered by the National Park Service.

During the Civil War, Washington's forts overlooked farm land. [Background photograph of Union artillerymen at unidentified site in the Civil War Defenses of Washington.]

Details

HM Number	HMV8Z
Series	This marker is part of the Defenses of Washington series
Tags	Military, Places, US Civil War
Year Placed	1955
Placed By	National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the District of Columbia and the National Park Service
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 8:35pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	18S E 331665 N 4304489
Decimal Degrees	38.87315000, -76.94046667
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 38° 52.389', W 76° 56.428'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	38° 52' 23.34" N, 76° 56' 25.68" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	202
Closest Postal Address	At or near 1001-1049 Burns St SE, Washington DC 20019, US
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