Comments on: Capital Defense - Washington, D.C., in the Civil War http://www.historynet.com/capital-defense-washington-dc-in-the-civil-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 19 May 2013 22:40:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steven Berkowitz http://www.historynet.com/capital-defense-washington-dc-in-the-civil-war.htm#comment-609257 Steven Berkowitz Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:01:31 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681298#comment-609257 For more about Battleground National Cemetery, where 41 Union soldiers who gave the "last full measure of devotion" in defense of Washington, please see http://civilwarwashingtondc1861-1865.blogspot.com/2011/06/battleground-national-cemetery.html For more about Battleground National Cemetery, where 41 Union soldiers who gave the "last full measure of devotion" in defense of Washington, please see
http://civilwarwashingtondc1861-1865.blogspot.com/2011/06/battleground-national-cemetery.html

]]> By: B. F. Cooling http://www.historynet.com/capital-defense-washington-dc-in-the-civil-war.htm#comment-307987 B. F. Cooling Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:25:10 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681298#comment-307987 Interestingly, the modern congregation of Beacon of Light/Emory Methodist Church plans to build a multi-story all-purpose facility that threatens the integrity of the National Park Service-maintained restored parapet of Fort Stevens where a stone marks the approximate spot Lincoln came under enemy fire. Moreover, the base reduction of Walter Reed Army Medical Center threatens the last vestiges of the battlefield of that July 1864 battle at Fort Stevens between Jubal Early and Union defenders. Public response to both travesties has been tepid at best - Washington D.C. is not known for its enlightened approaches to historic preservation of anything beyond the National Mall. Interestingly, the modern congregation of Beacon of Light/Emory Methodist Church plans to build a multi-story all-purpose facility that threatens the integrity of the National Park Service-maintained restored parapet of Fort Stevens where a stone marks the approximate spot Lincoln came under enemy fire. Moreover, the base reduction of Walter Reed Army Medical Center threatens the last vestiges of the battlefield of that July 1864 battle at Fort Stevens between Jubal Early and Union defenders. Public response to both travesties has been tepid at best – Washington D.C. is not known for its enlightened approaches to historic preservation of anything beyond the National Mall.

]]> By: Ed Stanard http://www.historynet.com/capital-defense-washington-dc-in-the-civil-war.htm#comment-169411 Ed Stanard Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:44:21 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681298#comment-169411 Fort Massachusetts (later Fort Stevens) was built by the 10th Regiment Mass. Infantry. They were stationed at Brightwood in 1861. The 37th Mass did not leave Massachusetts until Seeptember 7, 1862. Ed Stanard Fort Massachusetts (later Fort Stevens) was built by the 10th Regiment Mass. Infantry. They were stationed at Brightwood in 1861. The 37th Mass did not leave Massachusetts until Seeptember 7, 1862.

Ed Stanard

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