Battle of Fort Stevens

The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in Washington County, D.C. in present-day Northwest Washington, D.C., during the Valley campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook.

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1864  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Early's Invasion of Maryland, 1864; Maryland Campaign, 1864
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1864 Battle of Fort Stevens

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Civil War Defenses of Washington (Fort Stevens) FSTV CWDW-0018

The operations near Washington-scene of the fight in front of Fort Stevens, July 12 & 13 - from a sketch by our special artist, E.F. Mullen. LCCN2009630224

Washington. D.C., vicinity. Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook on horseback, Brightwood LOC cwpb.03862

Alexander McCook on horseback

President Lincoln at Fort Stevens

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14782743003)

LincolnUnderFireatFortStevensMarker

Civil War combat in D.C., July 1864 (493999710) (2)

Fort Stevens Battlefield District of Columbia

Fort Stevens Park DC Lincoln marker

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 Fairfax Court House	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	1861	Battle of Dranesville	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
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
organisation	shipbuilding	1952	General Dynamics	mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, public company, business, aerospace industry, defense industry	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		Civil War Defenses of Washington (Fort Stevens) FSTV CWDW-0018		Commons
commons	image		The operations near Washington-scene of the fight in front of Fort Stevens, July 12 & 13 - from a sketch by our special artist, E.F. Mullen. LCCN2009630224		Commons
commons	image		Washington. D.C., vicinity. Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook on horseback, Brightwood LOC cwpb.03862		Commons
commons	image		Alexander McCook on horseback		Commons
commons	image		President Lincoln at Fort Stevens		Commons
commons	image		The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14782743003)		Commons
commons	image		LincolnUnderFireatFortStevensMarker		Commons
commons	image		Civil War combat in D.C., July 1864 (493999710) (2)		Commons
commons	image		Fort Stevens Battlefield District of Columbia		Commons
commons	image		Fort Stevens Park DC Lincoln marker		Commons