| 词条 | Fort Saratoga |
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|name=Fort Saratoga |map_type = United States District of Columbia street |coordinates = {{Coord|38|55|47.3|N|76|58|43.3|W|type:landmark|display=inline}} |partof=the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C. |location=Washington, D.C. |image=File:Fort Saratoga - Washington, District of Columbia.png |alt=Fort Saratoga |caption=Fort Saratoga on a map of 1863 |type=Earthwork fort |code= |built=1861 |builder= |materials=Earth and timber |height= |used=1865 |demolished= |condition=Residential Area |controlledby=Union Army |garrison= |current_commander= |commanders= |occupants= |battles=American Civil War |events= }} Fort Saratoga was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC 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. Civil WarFort Saratoga was an earthwork fort part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.. It was located 2 1/2 miles from the city at time, between Fort Bunker Hill and Fort Thayer on the north side of Brentwood Road (now Rhode Island Avenue (Washington, D.C.)), east of it crossing Queen's Chapel Road. It was established in August 1861 and built in part by the 112th Pennsylvania. The fort was 186 feet above mean tide level.[1] It had room for eight guns with a perimeter of 154 yards.The fort had the following armament:
South of the fort, on the opposite side of the road was Battery Morris.[1] The following troops were garrison at the fort at some point during the Civil War:
Post Civil WarWith the end of the Civil War, the fort is abandoned in 1865.[2] The field went back to private ownership and in 1902, it is owned by a Mrs. Walsh and used as a cultivated field.[1] Today, it is a residential with no sign of the fort. See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 The Defenses of Washington during the War - The Evening Stat, Thursday, October 9, 1902 - Page 21 {{Civil War DC forts}}2. ^1 http://fortwiki.com/Fort_Saratoga 9 : Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.|Forts in the District of Columbia|American Civil War forts|Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.|American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places|Parks in Washington, D.C.|Rock Creek Park|Demolished buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War |
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